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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 14, 201610 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 14, 2016, 3:07 PM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 2:55 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2016, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2016, 2:55 PM EST
Expired: Feb 16, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 14, 10:11 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 10:11 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 3:50 AM EST, 11 hours 17 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 14, 3:41 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Feb 14, 10:59 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		14 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2016 Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2016 Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 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.