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Coastal Flood Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 4, 2018Barnstable County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this coastal flood warning at Mar 4, 2018, 8:55 AM EST for Barnstable County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 4, 2018, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2018, 8:55 AM EST (13:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2018, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 4, 2018, 3:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 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 coastal flood warning 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 coastal flood warning went out at Mar 4, 6:44 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:44 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 9:58 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX15 hr
Mar 4, 3:57 AM ESTGale WarningBOX45 hr
Mar 4, 4:10 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more11 hr
Mar 4, 12:41 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX50 hr
Mar 4, 2:25 PM ESTWind AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth31 hr
Mar 4, 3:13 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth12 hr

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.