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Storm Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 8, 2024

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this storm watch at Jan 8, 2024, 2:57 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 3:59 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm watch went out at Jan 8, 1:23 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 1:23 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:09 PM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 7, 9:32 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 10:25 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 7:35 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Jan 8, 2:53 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	25 hr
Jan 8, 2:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Jan 8, 3:50 AM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	5 days
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:16 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	33 hr
Jan 8, 3:47 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 6:04 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		40 hr

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Sources

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