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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 29, 20158 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 29, 2015, 3:42 AM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 30, 2015, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2015, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2015, 4:57 AM EST
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 29, 12:56 AM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:56 AM EST, 2 hours 46 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 29, 4:14 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		8 hr
Jan 29, 11:46 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		61 hr
Jan 29, 4:08 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	22 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2015 Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2015 Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2015 Every winter weather advisory 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.