Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2005

Wind Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 25, 2005Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Cheshire County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2005, 12:30 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2005, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2005, 4:14 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Cheshire County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KBOX 251630
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1230 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
THIS AFTERNOON...

A STRONG COASTAL STORM WILL PASS CLOSE TO CAPE COD THIS EVENING.

MAZ004>007-012>024-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>008-252200-
/X.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...
LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...
NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...
PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...
FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...
MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
1230 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE EAST HALF OF MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE.

  * STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS HAVE OVERSPREAD THE COAST... CAPE AND
    ISLANDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH
    WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD START TO DIMINISH
    SLOWLY THIS EVENING.

  * THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED AND POWER OUTAGES IN SOUTHERN
    NEW ENGLAND WITH THE OFFICIAL PEAK GUST OF 66 MPH...SO FAR.

  * OVER THE INTERIOR...WINDS MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS THAN ON THE
    COAST BUT THE RAIN SOFTENED GROUND AND STILL FULLY LEAVED TREES
    MAKES FOR DAMAGE POTENTIAL THERE AS WELL.
   
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT
ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE
WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE IN WINDS OF STRENGTH AND
TRAVEL OVER SOME OF THE HIGHER BRIDGES IN SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND
MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT TUESDAY.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-260000-
/X.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.051025T1630Z-051026T0000Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-CHESHIRE NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE
1230 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS UP INTO CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WINDS GUST TO
NEAR 45 MPH BREAKING TREE LIMBS HERE AND THERE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$


DRAG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS71 KBOX 252014
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
414 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...THE ENVELOPE OF STRONG STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED A COASTAL
STORM HAS SHIFTED INTO THE GULF OF THE MAINE THIS EVENING AS THE
STORM CENTER ITSELF MOVES CLOSE TO CAPE COD...

.THIS STORM CENTER WILL MOVE STEADILY AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COAST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IN SUMMARY...THE WORST PART OF THE
WINDSWEPT RAINSTORM HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

MAZ006-007-015-016-019-022>024-260200-
/X.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/
/X.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.051025T2014Z-051026T0200Z/
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...
QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
414 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

 * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
   ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS
   ADVISORY REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT ALONG
   THE COAST.

 * EARLIER TODAY WINDS ALONG THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST WERE GUSTING
   BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
    

 *  WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DIMINISH AS THE STORM CENTER DRAWS CLOSER
    TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THEN AS THE STORM SLOWLY DEPARTS LATE
    TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WINDS WILL WEAKEN FURTHER.

 *  HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING ALONG THE
    IMMEDIATE MASSACHUSETTS COAST...CAN STILL BE A HAZARD...ESPECIALLY
    FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.



$$

MAZ004-005-012>014-017-018-020-021-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>008-
252115-
/X.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051025T2200Z/
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...
LOWELL...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...
AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
414 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR RHODE ISLAND AND INTERIOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE
STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.


$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-252115-
/X.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051026T0000Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-CHESHIRE NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE
414 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY
OCCURRED.

$$


DRAG

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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.