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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 2, 20186 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2018, 3:28 AM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Aug 2, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2018, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 2, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 2, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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 Aug 2, 3:02 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:02 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:09 PM EDT, 10 hours 19 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 2, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	82 min
Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	56 min
Aug 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	49 min
Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	43 min
Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	38 min
Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	47 min
Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	36 min
Aug 2, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	48 min
Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	41 min
Aug 2, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	46 min
Aug 2, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Providence	26 min
Aug 2, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		25 min
Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		47 min
Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		40 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2018 Heat Advisories in Rhode Island, 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.