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Areal Flood Advisory 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 19, 2017Barnstable County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 19, 2017, 2:26 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2017, 2:26 AM EDT (06:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barnstable County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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 areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Aug 18, 7:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 36 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
Aug 18, 11:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	2 hr
Aug 19, 12:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable	114 min

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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.