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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 1, 20184 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 1, 2018, 3:32 PM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 1, 2018, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 1, 2018, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2018, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 2, 2018, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 1, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 12:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 6:00 AM EST, 9 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 1, 10:49 AM EST, 4 hours 43 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, 3:28 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		42 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2018 Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2018 Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2018 Every winter weather advisory 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.