Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2005, 10:08 AM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Nov 16, 2005, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2005, 10:08 AM EST (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2005, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 161508 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1008 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 MAZ016-162315- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.051116T1700Z-051117T0400Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 1008 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE BLUE HILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...AS STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE HEADS ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO CANADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...MAINLY IN THE BLUE HILLS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. $$ JWD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 162005 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 305 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-170415- /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-051117T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 305 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS PORTION OF THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BEFORE DAYBREAK. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON BRIDGES. $$ MAZ016-170400- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-051117T0400Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 305 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BLUE HILLS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. $$ JWD
000 WWUS71 KBOX 170130 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 830 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 MAZ016-170400- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-051117T0400Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 830 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE BLUE HILLS. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BLUE HILLS...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND SUBSIDING BY 11 PM. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-170900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-051117T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 830 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS. SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS A HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4 AM...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND SHIFTING TO THE WEST THEREAFTER. $$ FRANK/JWD
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.