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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 1, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 1, 2026, 1:58 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2026, 1:58 AM EST (06:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 2, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 18 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 Jan 1, 12:45 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:45 AM EST, 1 hour 13 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
Jan 1, 6:45 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	45 min
Jan 1, 7:29 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more	61 min
Jan 1, 8:28 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more	47 min
Jan 1, 8:46 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester	59 min

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.