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Excessive Heat Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 27, 20187 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this excessive heat watch at Aug 27, 2018, 2:51 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 28, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2018, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 28, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 28, 2018, 3:05 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat watch went out at Aug 27, 2:45 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:45 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:09 PM EDT, 10 hours 42 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
Aug 27, 2:51 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 4 more	66 hr
Aug 27, 3:20 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	54 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Massachusetts, 2018 Excessive Heat Watches in Connecticut, 2018 Every excessive heat watch in 2018

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.