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Small Craft Advisory 59, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 30, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at May 30, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 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 May 30, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 4:04 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
404 PM EDT Sat May 30 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0304 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst Nantucket AP            41.25N 70.07W
05/30/2026  M59 MPH          Nantucket          MA   ASOS

            ASOS station KACK Nantucket AP.

0153 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 N Block Island        41.19N 71.59W
05/30/2026  M58 MPH          Washington         RI   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XBLK Block Island Jetty.

0204 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NNE Sandwich          41.78N 70.49W
05/30/2026  M58 MPH          ANZ231             MA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XSBC Scusset Beach.

1003 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 E Hull                42.31N 70.89W
05/30/2026  M60 MPH          Plymouth           MA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XHUL Hull YC.

0907 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 E South Boston        42.33N 71.02W
05/30/2026  M58 MPH          ANZ230             MA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XPLB Pleasure Bay.

0114 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NNE Sandwich          41.78N 70.49W
05/30/2026  M58 MPH          ANZ231             MA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XSBC Scusset Beach.

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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
May 30, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		53 min
May 30, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		26 min

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.