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Small Craft Advisory 102, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Sep 10, 2020, 4:42 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 11, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2020, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2020, 6:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Sep 10, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 4:23 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 423 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-112030- 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-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket 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- 423 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of Massachusetts east of Berkshire County, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-112030- Boston Harbor-Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound- Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound-Narragansett Bay-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- 423 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 4:27 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
427 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2020
MAZ005>007-102115-
Eastern Essex MA-Central Middlesex County MA-Western Essex MA-
427 PM EDT Thu Sep 10 2020
...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN EXTREME NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ON THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE BORDER...
At 425 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of showers with
torrential rainfall across extreme northeast Massachusetts right
along the New Hampshire border. This will result in pockets of poor
drainage street flooding.
Locations impacted include...
Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Chelmsford, Dracut,
Newburyport, Amesbury, Tyngsborough, Salisbury, Groveland, Merrimac
and West Newbury.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.
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LAT...LON 4286 7085 4287 7082 4285 7082 4263 7139
4270 7144 4270 7129 4274 7124 4274 7118
4279 7118 4281 7116 4282 7113 4281 7107
4286 7103 4287 7097 4289 7093 4289 7090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 235DEG 17KT 4280 7111
FrankThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:42 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 55 min |
| Sep 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 65 min |
| Sep 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 64 min |
| Sep 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 61 min |
| Sep 10, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 60 min |
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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.