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Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 1, 2018

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heavy freezing spray warning at Feb 1, 2018, 3:28 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 2, 2018, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 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: Feb 1, 2018, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 2, 2018, 2:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 3, 2018, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy freezing spray 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 heavy freezing spray warning went out at Feb 1, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 6:00 AM EST, 9 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 1, 10:49 AM EST, 4 hours 39 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
Feb 1, 4:08 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Feb 1, 9:22 AM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	4 hr
Feb 1, 3:28 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Feb 1, 3:28 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	BOX		13 hr
Feb 1, 3:32 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	17 hr

Nearby

Heavy Freezing Spray Warnings in Massachusetts, 2018 Every heavy freezing spray warning in 2018

Sources

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