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Gale Watch 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 25, 2017

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Oct 25, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 26, 2017, 3:10 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 9:46 AM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 25, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 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
Oct 24, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Oct 24, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	39 min
Oct 24, 9:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Oct 24, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	42 min
Oct 24, 9:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	4 hr
Oct 24, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	93 min
Oct 24, 10:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 24, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	56 min
Oct 25, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	35 min
Oct 25, 1:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Oct 25, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	38 min
Oct 25, 1:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 25, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	116 min
Oct 25, 3:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	117 min
Oct 25, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	2 hr
Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		70 hr
Oct 25, 7:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	115 min
Oct 25, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	119 min
Oct 25, 12:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	3 hr
Oct 25, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes	6 hr
Oct 25, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Oct 25, 2:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	4 hr
Oct 25, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Kent, Washington	29 min
Oct 24, 10:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	3 hr
Oct 25, 1:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	3 hr
Oct 25, 4:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	2 hr

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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.