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Winter Weather Advisory 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 21, 201710 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 21, 2017, 4:01 AM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 22, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2017, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 23, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 20, 6:45 PM EST, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 6:45 PM EST, 9 hours 16 minutes before
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Nearby

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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.