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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 15, 2018Barnstable County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 15, 2018, 10:13 PM EST for Barnstable County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 78 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2018, 10:13 PM EST (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2018, 11:31 PM EST
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 Jan 15, 6:47 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 6:47 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 4:02 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:31 PM EST, 5 hours 42 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
Jan 16, 3:56 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 16, 3:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 3 more	35 hr
Jan 16, 4:04 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 hr
Jan 16, 3:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr

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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.