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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 9, 202010 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Aug 9, 2020, 3:35 PM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 10, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2020, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 10, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 12, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Nearby

Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2020 Heat Advisories in Rhode Island, 2020 Heat Advisories in Connecticut, 2020 Every heat advisory in 2020

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.