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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 23, 201911 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 23, 2019, 3:50 AM EST for 11 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 24, 2019, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2019, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2019, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 24, 2019, 6:46 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Jan 23, 3:44 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:44 AM EST, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 3:47 AM EST, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 11:19 PM EST, 4 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
Jan 23, 3:53 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	11 hr
Jan 23, 3:54 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		11 hr
Jan 23, 10:40 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	10 hr
Jan 23, 3:08 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	26 hr
Jan 23, 3:08 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	26 hr
Jan 23, 3:19 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		32 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.