Alert archive / Massachusetts / Fire Weather Watches in 2020
Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this fire weather watch at Oct 9, 2020, 4:14 PM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Oct 10, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2020, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2020, 3:49 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at Oct 9, 4:03 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 4:03 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 9:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 933 AM EDT Fri Oct 9 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-RIZ001>008-101345- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA- Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA- Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 933 AM EDT Fri Oct 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late Saturday into Saturday evening across northwest Massachusetts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256-101345- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- Rhode Island Sound-Block Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 933 AM EDT Fri Oct 9 2020 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-236-101345- Boston Harbor-Narragansett Bay- 933 AM EDT Fri Oct 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ022>024-101345- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 933 AM EDT Fri Oct 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A Wind Advisory might be needed during Saturday along the Cape and Islands. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. For more information on upcoming hazardous weather, please see the Area Forecast Discussion on our webpage for the latest forecast thinking. There is also our Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook at www.weather.gov/box/ehwo For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 3:33 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 27 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Oct 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 48 hr |
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.