Alert archive / Massachusetts / Gale Watches in 2018

Gale Watch 40, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 19, 2018

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Dec 19, 2018, 3:57 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2018, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 19, 2018, 3:13 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Dec 19, 3:57 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:57 AM EST, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 5:17 PM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 19, 3:13 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		55 hr
Dec 19, 3:17 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:18 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	58 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Massachusetts, 2018 Every gale 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.