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Gale Watch 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 17, 2024

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Feb 17, 2024, 3:19 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2024, 3:19 AM EST (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2024, 3:28 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Feb 17, 1:00 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 1:00 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 3:19 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX58 hr
Feb 17, 12:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXMiddlesex, Worcester61 min
Feb 17, 1:51 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXHampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester24 min
Feb 17, 2:26 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXHampden, Worcester34 min
Feb 17, 2:28 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester32 min
Feb 17, 2:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex34 min
Feb 17, 2:58 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Worcester32 min
Feb 17, 2:59 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester31 min
Feb 17, 3:12 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex18 min
Feb 17, 3:26 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol34 min
Feb 17, 3:28 PM ESTGale WarningBOX29 hr
Feb 17, 3:28 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth32 min
Feb 17, 4:00 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol30 min
Feb 17, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXProvidence62 min

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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.