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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 19, 201613 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this fire weather watch at Apr 19, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT for 13 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 20, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2016, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT
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 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:53 AM EDTRed Flag WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester16 hr
Apr 19, 2:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX39 hr

Nearby

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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.