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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 11, 2015Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2015, 5:42 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2015, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Franklin County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 7:07 PM EDT, 22 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:07 PM EDT, 22 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 9:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Aug 11, 10:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	95 min
Aug 11, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	96 min
Aug 11, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	91 min
Aug 11, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		53 min
Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	90 min
Aug 11, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	34 min
Aug 11, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	96 min
Aug 11, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	84 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.