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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 6, 2025, 2:39 PM EST for 13 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 8, 2025, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2025, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2025, 2:55 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 6, 12:19 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 12:19 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1131 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM Snow 1 SE Simsbury 41.88N 72.80W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0812 AM Snow 3 W Hartland 41.99N 73.00W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0900 AM Snow 1 W North Providence 41.86N 71.48W
02/06/2025 M0.3 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 S Smithfield 41.87N 71.55W
02/06/2025 M0.3 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 NW Westhampton 42.30N 72.77W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 SE Ludlow 42.16N 72.47W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 S Westfield 42.12N 72.75W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 SE Holyoke 42.20N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0907 AM Snow 2 E Berlin 41.62N 72.72W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0910 AM Snow East Longmeadow 42.06N 72.51W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Hampden MA Trained Spotter
0930 AM Snow 2 W Westborough 42.25N 71.65W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Worcester MA NWS Employee
0935 AM Snow 2 SE West Springfield 42.10N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0950 AM Snow 1 NW Jamestown 41.50N 71.37W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Newport RI Trained Spotter
1000 AM Snow 3 W Smithfield 41.87N 71.60W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Providence RI Trained Spotter
1000 AM Snow 1 NE Wethersfield 41.71N 72.66W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hartford CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow Andover 41.73N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow Tolland 41.87N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 N Hebron 41.66N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 W Westerly 41.38N 71.83W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Washington RI Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow Dighton 41.81N 71.12W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 SE Ludlow 42.16N 72.47W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 S Westfield 42.12N 72.75W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 SE Holyoke 42.20N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 NW Westhampton 42.30N 72.77W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 3 W Dartmouth 41.58N 71.06W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Bristol MA Trained Spotter
1008 AM Snow Windsor 41.85N 72.64W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Hartford CT Amateur Radio
1020 AM Snow 1 W Richmond 41.50N 71.66W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Washington RI Amateur Radio
1030 AM Snow 1 NW Warren 41.73N 71.28W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol RI Trained Spotter
1038 AM Snow 1 SE Fitchburg 42.58N 71.80W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Worcester MA Public
1051 AM Snow 1 SW Lexington 42.44N 71.24W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1052 AM Snow Rockland 42.13N 70.92W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Plymouth MA Trained Spotter
1106 AM Snow 1 E Killingly 41.84N 71.84W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Windham CT Public
1108 AM Snow 1 SW Ludlow 42.16N 72.50W
02/06/2025 M1.1 Inch Hampden MA Broadcast Media
1108 AM Snow 1 SW Sturbridge 42.09N 72.07W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Worcester MA Trained Spotter
1122 AM Snow 1 SW North Attleborough 41.96N 71.34W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Bristol MA Trained Spotter
1125 AM Snow 1 SE Hubbardston 42.47N 72.01W
02/06/2025 M1.3 Inch Worcester MA Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:14 PM EST, 25 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
214 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM Snow 1 SE Simsbury 41.88N 72.80W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0812 AM Snow 3 W Hartland 41.99N 73.00W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0900 AM Snow 1 NW Westhampton 42.30N 72.77W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 S Westfield 42.12N 72.75W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 S Smithfield 41.87N 71.55W
02/06/2025 M0.3 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 W North Providence 41.86N 71.48W
02/06/2025 M0.3 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 SE Ludlow 42.16N 72.47W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0900 AM Snow 1 SE Holyoke 42.20N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0907 AM Snow 2 E Berlin 41.62N 72.72W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hartford CT Trained Spotter
0910 AM Snow East Longmeadow 42.06N 72.51W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Hampden MA Trained Spotter
0930 AM Snow 2 W Westborough 42.25N 71.65W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Worcester MA NWS Employee
0935 AM Snow 2 SE West Springfield 42.10N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
0950 AM Snow 1 NW Jamestown 41.50N 71.37W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Newport RI Trained Spotter
1000 AM Snow 1 NE Wethersfield 41.71N 72.66W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Hartford CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 NW Westhampton 42.30N 72.77W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 S Westfield 42.12N 72.75W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 W Westerly 41.38N 71.83W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Washington RI Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow Tolland 41.87N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 3 W Smithfield 41.87N 71.60W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Providence RI Trained Spotter
1000 AM Snow 1 SE Ludlow 42.16N 72.47W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 SE Holyoke 42.20N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 1 N Hebron 41.66N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow Dighton 41.81N 71.12W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol MA Amateur Radio
1000 AM Snow 3 W Dartmouth 41.58N 71.06W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Bristol MA Trained Spotter
1000 AM Snow Andover 41.73N 72.37W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Tolland CT Amateur Radio
1008 AM Snow Windsor 41.85N 72.64W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Hartford CT Amateur Radio
1020 AM Snow 1 W Richmond 41.50N 71.66W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Washington RI Amateur Radio
1030 AM Snow 1 NW Warren 41.73N 71.28W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol RI Trained Spotter
1038 AM Snow 1 SE Fitchburg 42.58N 71.80W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Worcester MA Public
1051 AM Snow 1 SW Lexington 42.44N 71.24W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1052 AM Snow Rockland 42.13N 70.92W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Plymouth MA Trained Spotter
1100 AM Snow 2 SE West Springfield 42.10N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow 1 NE West Bridgewater 42.03N 70.99W
02/06/2025 M0.3 Inch Plymouth MA Public
1100 AM Snow Southampton 42.23N 72.73W
02/06/2025 M1.3 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow Palmer 42.16N 72.33W
02/06/2025 M1.3 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow 1 SE Holyoke 42.20N 72.62W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Hampden MA Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow 2 E Cranston 41.78N 71.44W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow 1 SE Chesterfield 42.39N 72.84W
02/06/2025 M1.8 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
1100 AM Snow 3 SE Ashaway 41.40N 71.74W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Washington RI Amateur Radio
1106 AM Snow 1 E Killingly 41.84N 71.84W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Windham CT Public
1108 AM Snow 1 SW Sturbridge 42.09N 72.07W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Worcester MA Trained Spotter
1108 AM Snow 1 SW Ludlow 42.16N 72.50W
02/06/2025 M1.1 Inch Hampden MA Broadcast Media
1122 AM Snow 1 SW North Attleborough 41.96N 71.34W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Bristol MA Trained Spotter
1125 AM Snow 1 SE Hubbardston 42.47N 72.01W
02/06/2025 M1.3 Inch Worcester MA Trained Spotter
1130 AM Snow Millis 42.17N 71.35W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Norfolk MA Trained Spotter
1130 AM Snow Lexington 42.45N 71.22W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1130 AM Snow 2 S Lexington 42.42N 71.23W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1132 AM Snow 1 E Randolph 42.17N 71.04W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Norfolk MA Trained Spotter
1150 AM Snow 1 S Cumberland 41.94N 71.40W
02/06/2025 M0.9 Inch Providence RI NWS Employee
1154 AM Snow Staffordville 41.99N 72.26W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Tolland CT Trained Spotter
1155 AM Snow 1 E Weston 42.37N 71.26W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1200 PM Snow Woonsocket 42.00N 71.51W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
1200 PM Snow 3 S Somerset 41.70N 71.16W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol MA Trained Spotter
1200 PM Snow 1 S Smithfield 41.87N 71.55W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
1200 PM Snow Providence 41.82N 71.41W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
1200 PM Snow 1 SW Lexington 42.44N 71.24W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1200 PM Snow 2 NE Bliss Corner 41.63N 70.93W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Bristol MA Amateur Radio
1205 PM Snow 1 NW West Warwick 41.71N 71.52W
02/06/2025 M1.2 Inch Kent RI Trained Spotter
1205 PM Snow 4 NW Ashburnham 42.68N 71.94W
02/06/2025 M2.3 Inch Worcester MA Amateur Radio
1206 PM Snow 1 E Rockport 42.64N 70.61W
02/06/2025 M2.0 Inch Essex MA Broadcast Media
1220 PM Snow 3 W Haverhill 42.78N 71.14W
02/06/2025 M1.9 Inch Essex MA Amateur Radio
1220 PM Snow 1 W Ashfield 42.53N 72.81W
02/06/2025 M1.4 Inch Franklin MA Amateur Radio
1224 PM Snow 2 SW Westborough 42.24N 71.65W
02/06/2025 M1.1 Inch Worcester MA NWS Employee
1225 PM Snow 2 SW Tewksbury 42.60N 71.26W
02/06/2025 M1.2 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
1235 PM Snow Chelsea 42.39N 71.03W
02/06/2025 M0.8 Inch Suffolk MA Trained Spotter
1243 PM Snow 1 W North Amherst 42.41N 72.53W
02/06/2025 M1.6 Inch Hampshire MA Trained Spotter
1250 PM Snow 1 W Tolland 41.87N 72.39W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Tolland CT Public
1250 PM Snow 1 NW Holliston 42.22N 71.45W
02/06/2025 M0.9 Inch Middlesex MA Public
1258 PM Snow 1 S Cumberland 41.94N 71.40W
02/06/2025 M1.0 Inch Providence RI NWS Employee
0100 PM Snow 3 E Tyngsboro 42.67N 71.37W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Middlesex MA Public
0100 PM Snow Stow 42.44N 71.51W
02/06/2025 M1.3 Inch Middlesex MA Amateur Radio
0100 PM Snow Southampton 42.23N 72.73W
02/06/2025 M1.4 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
0100 PM Snow Harrisville 41.97N 71.68W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0100 PM Snow 1 NW East Providence 41.81N 71.37W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Providence RI Amateur Radio
0100 PM Snow 1 SE Chesterfield 42.39N 72.84W
02/06/2025 M2.5 Inch Hampshire MA Amateur Radio
0100 PM Snow 1 NE Beacon Hill 42.36N 71.06W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Suffolk MA Public
0103 PM Snow Worcester AP 42.27N 71.87W
02/06/2025 M1.2 Inch Worcester MA ASOS
0116 PM Snow 2 W Ashby 42.70N 71.85W
02/06/2025 M2.0 Inch Middlesex MA Public
0120 PM Snow 2 N Weymouth 42.24N 70.94W
02/06/2025 M0.5 Inch Norfolk MA Trained Spotter
0120 PM Snow Ashby 42.68N 71.82W
02/06/2025 M2.0 Inch Middlesex MA Amateur Radio
0130 PM Snow 1 E Newburyport 42.81N 70.88W
02/06/2025 M2.1 Inch Essex MA Trained Spotter
0140 PM Snow 1 NE Leominster 42.53N 71.76W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Worcester MA Amateur Radio
0142 PM Snow 1 N Concord 42.47N 71.35W
02/06/2025 M1.2 Inch Middlesex MA Trained Spotter
0204 PM Snow 1 NW Turners Falls 42.61N 72.58W
02/06/2025 M2.1 Inch Franklin MA Trained Spotter
0209 PM Snow 1 E Randolph 42.17N 71.04W
02/06/2025 M0.7 Inch Norfolk MA Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST, 18 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
221 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0219 PM Snow Bradley AP 41.94N 72.68W
02/06/2025 M1.5 Inch Hartford CT ASOS
0220 PM Snow NWS Boston/Norton 41.96N 71.14W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Bristol MA Official NWS Obs
0220 PM Snow Worcester AP 42.27N 71.87W
02/06/2025 M1.2 Inch Worcester MA ASOS
0220 PM Snow Logan AP 42.36N 71.01W
02/06/2025 M0.6 Inch Suffolk MA ASOS
0221 PM Snow TF Green AP 41.72N 71.43W
02/06/2025 M1.1 Inch Kent RI ASOS
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:14 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.