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Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 17, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 17, 2026, 12:46 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2026, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2026, 5:49 PM EDT
In force: 29 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 Mar 17, 7:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 7:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
Mar 17, 6:03 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		117 min
Mar 17, 12:46 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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