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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 11, 2017Bristol County, Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Jul 11, 2017, 6:35 AM EDT for Bristol County, Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 115 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: Jul 11, 2017, 6:35 AM EDT (10:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2017, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bristol County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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 Jul 11, 4:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:22 AM EDT, 13 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
Jul 11, 6:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	38 min
Jul 11, 7:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	93 min
Jul 11, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		62 min
Jul 11, 9:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol	37 min
Jul 11, 9:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol	26 min
Jul 11, 8:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Kent	53 min
Jul 11, 8:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Providence	2 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2017 Areal Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 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.