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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 21, 2018Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Nov 21, 2018, 2:43 PM EST for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 92 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 21, 2018, 2:43 PM EST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Nov 21, 2018, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Nov 20, 4:01 PM EST, 22 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 4:01 PM EST, 22 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 4:05 PM EST, 22 hours 38 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
Nov 21, 3:54 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	30 hr
Nov 21, 2:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	53 min
Nov 21, 3:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	58 min
Nov 21, 4:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth, Worcester	56 min
Nov 21, 4:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	64 min
Nov 21, 5:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	56 min
Nov 21, 5:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Providence	61 min
Nov 21, 4:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX		63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2018 Every special weather statement 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.