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Storm Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 29, 2026

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this storm watch at Jan 29, 2026, 11:26 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2026, 11:26 AM EST (16:26 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2026, 1:01 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Jan 29, 6:30 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 6:30 AM EST, 4 hours 56 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
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:07 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Jan 29, 12:31 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	34 hr
Jan 29, 11:26 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 29, 11:36 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	49 hr
Jan 29, 12:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	35 hr

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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.