Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 7, 2005, 3:30 AM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Nov 7, 2005, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2005, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2005, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2005, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBOX 070830 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 330 AM EST MON NOV 7 2005 ...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE WORCESTER AND BLUE HILLS AS WELL AS THE MONADNOCKS... MAZ002>009-012-014>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-071630- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.051107T1500Z-051107T2200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 330 AM EST MON NOV 7 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE AT LEAST 31 MPH OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 46 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. $$ VALLIER-TALBOT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 071517 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1017 AM EST MON NOV 7 2005 ...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE WORCESTER AND BLUE HILLS AS WELL AS THE MONADNOCKS... MAZ002>009-012-014>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-072200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-051107T2200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1017 AM EST MON NOV 7 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE WORCESTER AND BLUE HILLS AS WELL AS THE MONADNOCKS. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN AN INTENSE LOW IN CENTRAL QUEBEC AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL PRODUCE WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE AT LEAST 31 MPH OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 46 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES... POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. $$ DRV
000 WWUS71 KBOX 072227 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 527 PM EST MON NOV 7 2005 MAZ002>009-012-014>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-072330- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-051107T2200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 527 PM EST MON NOV 7 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WESTERLY WINDS BRIEFLY AVERAGED JUST OVER 35 MPH DURING MID AFTERNOON AT THE GREAT BLUE HILL NEAR BOSTON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A BIT AND FINE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW AFTER EARLY MORNING CLOUD COVER DEPARTS...AND IT WILL BECOME ANOTHER BLUSTERY DAY. $$ DRAG
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.