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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 24, 20164 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freeze watch at Oct 24, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Oct 26, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 25, 2016, 4:39 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Oct 24, 3:38 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:38 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 3:50 AM EDT, 12 hours 8 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
Oct 24, 3:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		40 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Massachusetts, 2016 Freeze Watches in Rhode Island, 2016 Freeze Watches in Connecticut, 2016 Every freeze watch in 2016

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.