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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 31, 20177 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this dense fog advisory at May 31, 2017, 6:08 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2017, 6:08 AM EDT (10:08 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at May 31, 4:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 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
May 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	60 min
May 31, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	60 min
May 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	24 min
May 31, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	33 min
May 31, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	48 min
May 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	46 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	31 min
May 31, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	43 min
May 31, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	46 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Massachusetts, 2017 Dense Fog Advisories in Rhode Island, 2017 Dense Fog Advisories in Connecticut, 2017 Every dense fog advisory 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.