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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 28, 201910 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 28, 2019, 2:53 AM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Aug 28, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2019, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 28, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2019, 7:04 AM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity
None

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 3:14 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX48 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2019Every 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.