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Small Craft Advisory 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 24, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 24, 2026, 2:14 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2026, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2026, 2:14 PM EST (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2026, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 27, 2026, 1:10 PM EST
In force
57 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, 19 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:23 PM EST, 19 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 9:08 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more9 hr
Feb 24, 1:06 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX13 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.