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Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 5, 20254 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at May 5, 2025, 2:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at May 5, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2025, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 6, 2025, 5:23 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at May 5, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 8:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Nearby

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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.