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Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 8, 202410 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jan 8, 2024, 3:50 AM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2024, 1:07 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

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, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at Jan 8, 3:49 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:49 AM EST, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 10:25 PM EST, 5 hours 25 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
Jan 7, 7:35 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Jan 8, 2:53 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	25 hr
Jan 8, 2:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Jan 8, 2:57 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:16 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	33 hr
Jan 8, 3:47 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 6:04 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		40 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2024 Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2024 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2024 Every flood watch in 2024

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.