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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 6, 2026, 12:16 PM EST for Essex County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 7, 2026, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2026, 12:16 PM EST (17:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2026, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2026, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Essex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 6, 6:16 AM EST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:16 AM EST, 6 hours before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:14 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 60 hr | |
| Feb 6, 12:14 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BOX | 3 days | |
| Feb 6, 12:20 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 61 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:20 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 61 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:02 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 55 hr | |
| Feb 6, 12:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 3 more | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 12:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 3 more | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.