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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 7, 2017Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2017, 12:26 AM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2017, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2017, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Nantucket County, MA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 6, 9:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 4:04 AM EDT, 20 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Taunton MA
404 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2017

MAZ004>007-012>022-026-RIZ001>007-070815-
Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-
Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-
Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-
Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-
Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-
Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-
Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-
404 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2017

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Massachusetts,
eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern
Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island and southern Rhode Island.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-023-024-RIZ008-070815-
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-
Eastern Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-
Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Block Island RI-
404 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut,
southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts and southern
Rhode Island.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Areas of heavy rainfall will bring a locally heavy downpours today
and tonight. There is a low risk for localized urban and poor
drainage flooding as a result.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-070815-
Boston Harbor-Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-
Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound-Narragansett Bay-Block Island Sound-
Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay-
Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA
out 20 nm-
Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and
Nantucket-
Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to
20 nm South of Block Island-
404 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at
www.weather.gov/boston

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:26 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 3:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr
Sep 7, 12:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington52 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.