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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 24, 20246 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freeze warning at Apr 24, 2024, 3:19 PM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 25, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2024, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 25, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 24, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 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
Apr 24, 3:44 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		16 hr
Apr 24, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	87 min
Apr 24, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		59 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Massachusetts, 2024 Freeze Warnings in Rhode Island, 2024 Freeze Warnings in Connecticut, 2024 Every freeze warning 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.