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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 28, 20194 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2019, 2:57 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 29, 2019, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2019, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2019, 3:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 29, 2019, 3:22 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 28, 2:46 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:46 AM EST, 11 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 28, 2:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Jan 28, 3:27 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2019 Every winter storm 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.