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Small Craft Advisory 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 29, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 29, 2026, 12:07 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2026, 12:07 AM EST (05:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 33 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 28, 11:39 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 11:39 PM EST, 28 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 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:31 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	34 hr
Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		38 hr
Jan 29, 11:36 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	49 hr
Jan 29, 12:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	35 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.