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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 5, 20186 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 5, 2018, 3:46 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 7, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2018, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2018, 4:17 PM EST
In force
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, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 5, 1:28 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 1:28 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in Connecticut, 2018 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.