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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 3, 20206 counties in Massachusetts; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 3, 2020, 3:52 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 5, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2020, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 5, 2020, 2:48 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 3, 1:05 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 1:05 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 5:00 AM EST, 10 hours 52 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 3, 3:52 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		13 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.