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Small Craft Advisory 63, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 8, 2025

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at May 8, 2025, 12:10 PM EDT. It took effect at May 9, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2025, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 10, 2025, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 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 May 8, 11:47 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 11:47 AM EDT, 23 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
May 8, 3:53 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	48 hr
May 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	45 min
May 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	2 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.