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Gale Watch 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 6, 2020

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Oct 6, 2020, 3:51 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 7, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2020, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 6, 2020, 3:22 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Oct 6, 1:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 1:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 4:24 PM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 1:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 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
Oct 6, 3:52 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Oct 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		51 hr
Oct 6, 3:22 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	12 hr
Oct 6, 3:22 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	30 hr
Oct 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	30 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Massachusetts, 2020 Every gale watch in 2020

Sources

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