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Small Craft Advisory 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 15, 2025

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 15, 2025, 4:38 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2025, 4:38 AM EST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Feb 15, 4:32 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:32 AM EST, 6 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
Feb 15, 3:31 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Feb 15, 3:32 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	24 hr
Feb 15, 2:50 PM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		13 hr
Feb 15, 3:01 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	31 hr

Nearby

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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.