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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 17, 20187 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Jun 17, 2018, 4:51 PM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jun 18, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2018, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT, 21 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT, 21 hours 52 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
Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		47 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2018 Heat Advisories in Connecticut, 2018 Every heat advisory 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.