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Small Craft Advisory 71, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 5, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Jul 5, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT. It took effect at Jul 6, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 8, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
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 Jul 5, 2:16 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:16 PM EDT, 52 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
Jul 4, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		32 min
Jul 4, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		87 min
Jul 4, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		65 min
Jul 4, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		55 min
Jul 4, 11:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		67 min
Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	60 hr
Jul 4, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOX	Washington	61 min
Jul 4, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Washington	52 min
Jul 4, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	27 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	46 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.