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Small Craft Advisory 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 20, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 20, 2026, 1:34 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 21, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2026, 1:34 AM EST (06:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 21, 2026, 3:26 AM EST
In force
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 19, 6:18 PM EST, 7 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:18 PM EST, 7 hours 16 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 20, 12:15 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	38 hr
Feb 20, 12:18 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	15 hr
Feb 20, 12:21 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Feb 20, 12:21 PM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		24 hr
Feb 20, 12:24 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	4 days

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Massachusetts, 2026 Every small craft advisory in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.