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Flood Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 8, 20255 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at May 8, 2025, 3:53 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at May 9, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2025, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 10, 2025, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 23 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, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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 8, 1:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 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
May 8, 12:10 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		59 hr
May 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	45 min
May 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	2 hr

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.