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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 7, 20067 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2006, 12:08 PM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2006, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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 071608
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1208 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006

...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON...

.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG COASTAL STORM FOR EARLY JUNE WILL BRING NOT
ONLY BOUTS OF RAIN BUT STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TO EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.

MAZ007-015-016-019-022>024-072000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.060607T1608Z-060607T2000Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY...
PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...
NANTUCKET
1208 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM CAPE ANN TO CAPE
COD...INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
OCCUR FROM CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS NORTH TO BLUE HILL THROUGH 2
PM...AND FROM BOSTON TO CAPE ANN THROUGH 4 PM.

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.

$$

KAB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 072024
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
424 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS THIS EVENING...

.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG COASTAL STORM FOR EARLY JUNE WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE NORTHEASTERN SHORES OF
MASSACHUSETTS.

MAZ007-015-016-080000-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-060607T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0023.060607T2024Z-060608T0000Z/
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...BOSTON...QUINCY
424 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...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. THIS WIND
ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE ANN...BOSTON...AND BLUE HILL.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH 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.

$$

MAZ019-022>024-072130-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-060607T2000Z/
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
424 PM EDT WED JUN 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

KAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:50 AM EDTFlood WatchBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more21 hr
Jun 7, 4:24 PM EDTWind AdvisoryBOXEssex, Norfolk, Suffolk4 hr

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.