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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 28, 2023Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2023, 4:05 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2023, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT, 20 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT, 20 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT, 23 hours 50 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
Jun 28, 4:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		41 min
Jun 28, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		42 min
Jun 28, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		62 min
Jun 28, 5:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	52 min
Jun 28, 5:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		49 min
Jun 28, 6:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	49 min
Jun 28, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	62 min
Jun 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	67 min
Jun 28, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	57 min
Jun 28, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	66 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	61 min
Jun 28, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Washington	38 min
Jun 28, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington	59 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2023 Every special weather statement in 2023

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.