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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 12, 2016Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 12, 2016, 3:52 AM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 12, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2016, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 13, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 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 Feb 11, 10:15 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:15 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 5:09 PM EST, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 11:10 PM EST, 4 hours 42 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
Feb 12, 3:52 AM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	56 hr
Feb 12, 3:55 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		55 hr
Feb 12, 3:55 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	BOX		13 hr
Feb 12, 3:59 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	13 hr
Feb 12, 4:32 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	43 hr
Feb 12, 4:39 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		42 hr
Feb 12, 4:39 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		11 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2016 Every winter weather advisory 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.