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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 6, 20179 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 6, 2017, 4:34 AM EST for 9 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 7, 2017, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2017, 4:34 AM EST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2017, 5:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 8, 2017, 6:52 AM EST
In force: 26 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, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 Feb 6, 4:17 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:17 AM EST, 17 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
Feb 6, 3:33 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		30 hr
Feb 6, 3:33 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		37 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2017 Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2017 Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2017 Every winter weather advisory 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.