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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 7, 2006Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2006, 2:31 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2006, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 071831
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
231 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BOSTON AREA...


MAZ013-015-016-080100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.060407T1831Z-060408T0100Z/
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY
231 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE TO OCCASIONALLY 35 MPH AN HOUR
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  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.

$$

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.