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Flood Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 14, 2025Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jul 14, 2025, 2:07 AM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 14, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2025, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 14, 2025, 9:18 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity
None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 Jul 14, 12:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:04 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXBristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more3 days
Jul 14, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire3 hr
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire3 hr
Jul 14, 2:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region2 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 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.