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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 17, 2019, 3:48 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Feb 18, 2019, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2019, 3:48 AM EST (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2019, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2019, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Feb 17, 3:44 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:44 AM EST, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:49 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:02 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 45 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2019Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2019Every 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.