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Gale Watch 32, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 14, 2020

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Dec 14, 2020, 4:03 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 14, 2020, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2020, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2020, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 14, 2020, 3:50 PM EST
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 Dec 14, 3:44 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:44 AM EST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 6:18 PM EST, 9 hours 45 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
Dec 14, 3:45 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more	36 hr
Dec 14, 3:50 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		18 hr
Dec 14, 3:50 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr

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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.