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Tropical Storm Watch 1012, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tropical storm watch at Sep 17, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2017, 11:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 tropical storm 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 tropical storm watch went out at Sep 17, 4:03 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 4:03 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 6:44 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Tropical Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2017Tropical Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2017Every tropical storm watch 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.