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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 18, 20257 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Aug 18, 2025, 3:13 PM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Aug 19, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2025, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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
Aug 18, 4:33 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX8 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2025High Surf Advisories in Rhode Island, 2025Every high surf advisory 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.