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Areal Flood Warning 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 30, 2017Essex County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Sep 30, 2017, 6:04 AM EDT for Essex County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2017, 6:04 AM EDT (10:04 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Essex County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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 warning 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 warning went out at Sep 30, 4:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 4:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 3:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 5:37 AM EDT, 27 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
Sep 30, 4:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		21 hr
Sep 30, 5:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	38 min
Sep 30, 6:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Suffolk	113 min
Sep 30, 6:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	51 min
Sep 30, 6:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Suffolk	47 min
Sep 30, 6:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		43 min
Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Suffolk	2 hr
Sep 30, 9:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	2 hr
Sep 30, 9:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	66 min
Sep 30, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington	118 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2017 Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.