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Small Craft Advisory 36, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 24, 2024

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 24, 2024, 1:29 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2024, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 23, 10:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 10:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
743 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

MAZ005-007-013>016-019-240115-
Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Suffolk MA-Western Norfolk MA-
Central Middlesex County MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-
Southeast Middlesex MA-
743 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

...Heavy rainfall will impact portions of southeastern Essex,
northeastern Norfolk, Suffolk, southeastern Middlesex and north
central Plymouth Counties through 915 PM EDT
...

At 743 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of heavy rainfall
approaching the Greater Boston metro area. Rainfall rates could be
as high as 2.0 inches per hour.

HAZARD...Minor flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor nuisance flooding of typically flood prone areas.

Locations impacted include...
Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Lynn, Newton, Somerville, Waltham, Malden,
Brookline, Medford, Weymouth, Revere, Peabody, Arlington, Everett,
Salem, Beverly, Woburn, Braintree, and Chelsea.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 7054 4238 7095 4226 7072 4208 7112
      4225 7131 4242 7129 4272 7062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 243DEG 45KT 4295 7015

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Belk
Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
822 PM EDT Sat Mar 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0816 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Leverett                42.45N 72.50W
03/23/2024                   Franklin           MA   Dept of Highways

            Tree and wires down on Route 63 at Montague.

0817 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Leverett                42.45N 72.50W
03/23/2024                   Franklin           MA   Dept of Highways

            Tree down on near Pleasant Street.

&&
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 10:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXWorcester34 hr
Mar 24, 5:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXBristol, Plymouth9 days
Mar 24, 6:20 AM EDTGale WarningBOX56 hr
Mar 23, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXWashington67 hr

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Sources

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