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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 2, 20228 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 2, 2022, 3:49 AM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 4, 2022, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2022, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2022, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 3, 2022, 2:44 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 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 Feb 2, 3:46 AM EST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:46 AM EST, 3 minutes before
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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.