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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 30, 201513 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 30, 2015, 4:25 PM EST for 13 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 1, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2015, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2015, 4:58 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 30, 4:18 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 4:18 PM EST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:33 AM EST, 10 hours 52 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
Jan 30, 3:51 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	31 hr
Jan 30, 4:05 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		52 hr
Jan 30, 4:30 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	29 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Connecticut, 2015 Every winter storm watch 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.