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Gale Watch 34, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 27, 2020

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Dec 27, 2020, 2:55 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 29, 2020, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2020, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2020, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2020, 4:05 AM 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 27, 1:05 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 1:05 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:21 AM EST, 10 hours 34 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 27, 2:55 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 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.