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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 23, 20184 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 23, 2018, 3:25 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 23, 2018, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2018, 3:25 AM EST (08:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2018, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 23, 2018, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 23, 3:07 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:07 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 4:09 PM EST, 11 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 22, 9:54 PM EST, 5 hours 31 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 23, 3:37 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 hr

Nearby

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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.