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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 6, 201910 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Jul 6, 2019, 3:39 AM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 6, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2019, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, 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, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 6, 3:39 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:39 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 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
Jul 5, 11:45 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	7 hr
Jul 6, 3:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
Jul 6, 1:34 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 hr
Jul 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	61 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		92 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester	59 min
Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	39 min
Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	53 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	50 min
Jul 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	60 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	40 min
Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	113 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	115 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk, Suffolk	84 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more	2 hr
Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	52 min
Jul 6, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		39 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		60 min

Nearby

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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.