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Flood Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 6, 20256 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jun 6, 2025, 2:24 AM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jun 6, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2025, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2025, 9:01 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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 Jun 5, 7:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 34 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
Jun 6, 6:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	53 min
Jun 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	51 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	3 hr
Jun 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	52 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	44 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	53 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	114 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	40 min
Jun 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	13 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	46 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	51 min
Jun 6, 6:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	83 min
Jun 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden	22 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2025 Every flood watch in 2025

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.