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Gale Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 17, 2019

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Jan 17, 2019, 2:55 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 19, 2019, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2019, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2019, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2019, 3:01 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 17, 2:02 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:02 PM EST, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 5:55 AM EST, 9 hours 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 17, 4:10 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	48 hr
Jan 17, 1:53 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	25 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Massachusetts, 2019 Every gale 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.