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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind watch at Dec 29, 2025, 12:38 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 29, 2025, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2025, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2025, 12:39 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 28, 7:37 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 7:37 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 12:39 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:39 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 31 hr |
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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.