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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind watch at Dec 9, 2024, 1:51 PM EST for 9 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Dec 11, 2024, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2024, 1:51 PM EST (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2024, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2024, 3:08 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 9, 12:23 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 12:23 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 39 hr | |
| Dec 9, 2:49 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 9, 2:49 PM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Massachusetts, 2024High Wind Watches in Rhode Island, 2024Every high wind 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.