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Small Craft Advisory 24, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 24, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 24, 2026, 1:06 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2026, 1:06 AM EST (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2026, 2:14 PM EST
In force: 13 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 Feb 23, 6:23 PM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:23 PM EST, 6 hours 43 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 23, 9:08 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	9 hr
Feb 24, 2:14 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		71 hr

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.