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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 9, 20249 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 3:04 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXFranklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester31 hr
Dec 9, 3:50 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX39 hr
Dec 9, 2:49 PM ESTGale WatchBOX12 hr
Dec 9, 2:49 PM ESTStorm WatchBOX24 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.