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Winter Weather Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 24, 2017Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 24, 2017, 8:32 PM EST for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2017, 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2017, 12:53 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

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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 Jan 24, 7:56 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 7:56 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 5:25 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 3:25 PM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
325 PM EST TUE JAN 24 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0211 PM     SNOW             COLRAIN                 42.67N  72.72W
01/24/2017  M2.5 INCH        FRANKLIN           MA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0226 PM     FREEZING RAIN    LEICESTER               42.25N  71.90W
01/24/2017  M0.25 INCH       WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO

0226 PM     FREEZING RAIN    SPENCER                 42.24N  71.99W
01/24/2017  M0.25 INCH       WORCESTER          MA   AMATEUR RADIO

0313 PM     SNOW             WEST WARREN             42.21N  72.24W
01/24/2017  M1.5 INCH        WORCESTER          MA   EMERGENCY MANAGE

            EMERGENCY MANAGER

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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
Jan 25, 3:54 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.