Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Dec 9, 2005, 3:34 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 9, 2005, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2005, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2005, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2005, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | Chatham, MA | |
| Dec 9, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | E Orleans, MA | TWO LARGE TREES DOWN. |
| Dec 9, 4:25 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Barnstable, MA | GUST MEASURED IN MARSTONS MILLS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBOX 090834 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 334 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE FORMING NEAR THE VIRGINIA COAST WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST...AND PASSES ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAPIDLY INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO COASTAL LOCATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WHERE DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MAZ022>024-091645- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0005.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0004.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 334 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND RAPIDLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ006>008-091645- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 334 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ JWD
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 091801 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 101 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND... .RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE NEAR BLOCK ISLAND AT 1 PM WILL TRACK EAST...PASSING CLOSE TO NANTUCKET LATE TODAY AND THEN OUT TO SEA THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG BOTH THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. FOR MASSACHUSETTS...THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE SOUTH AND EAST COASTS. ACROSS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MAZ022>024-100215- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0004.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 101 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AROUND 4 PM AND RAPIDLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ007-015-016-019-100215- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH 101 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY. WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ006>008-100215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.051209T2100Z-051210T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 101 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY... WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE RAPIDLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS71 KBOX 091816 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 116 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...CORRECTION TO TIME ONSET OF STRONG WINDS.... ...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND... .RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE NEAR BLOCK ISLAND AT 1 PM WILL TRACK EAST...PASSING CLOSE TO NANTUCKET LATE TODAY AND THEN OUT TO SEA THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG BOTH THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. FOR MASSACHUSETTS...THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE SOUTH AND EAST COASTS. ACROSS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MAZ022>024-100130- /O.EXT.KBOX.HW.W.0004.051209T2000Z-051210T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 116 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AROUND 3 PM AND RAPIDLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ACROSS CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ007-015-016-019>021-RIZ006>008-100130- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.051209T1816Z-051210T0600Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 116 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY. WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE IN COASTAL RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 130 PM AND 2 PM...THEN AROUND 3 PM ACROSS EASTERN COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... INCLUDING BOSTON AND ITS NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS71 KBOX 092143 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 443 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TO DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM... .RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE JUST EAST OF CAPE COD...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION. STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET UNTIL 6 PM. THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL DIMINISH. FARTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS MARTHAS VINEYARD...BLOCK ISLAND AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO SUBSIDE. THIS DECREASING TREND WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS FALLING BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLD BY 10 PM. MAZ022>024-100300- /O.EXT.KBOX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-051210T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 443 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ007-015-016-019>021-RIZ006>008-100300- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-051210T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 443 PM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSTON...CAPE ANN...PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER 10 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 118 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.