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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 1:42 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2019, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Worcester County, MA
The radar
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 7:31 PM EDT, 18 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:31 PM EDT, 18 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Cheshire | 25 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.