Alert archive / Massachusetts / Snow Squall Warnings in 2024
Snow Squall Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this snow squall warning at Feb 17, 2024, 3:12 PM EST for Essex County, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2024, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2024, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 16, 3:42 PM EST, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:42 PM EST, 23 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:19 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:19 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 58 hr | |
| Feb 17, 12:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 61 min |
| Feb 17, 1:51 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 2:26 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 2:28 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 2:58 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Worcester | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 2:59 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 31 min |
| Feb 17, 3:26 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 3:28 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:28 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol | 30 min |
| Feb 17, 2:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 62 min |
Nearby
Snow Squall Warnings in Massachusetts, 2024Every snow squall 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.