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Flood Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 8, 20257 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jul 8, 2025, 2:34 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 8, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2025, 2:34 AM EDT (06:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity
None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX46 min
Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX57 min
Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol60 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX66 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX57 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region40 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2025Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2025Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2025Every 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.