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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 2, 2006Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Sep 2, 2006, 8:12 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2006, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2006, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-09-03Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 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 030012
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
812 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006

...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE A FEW ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES
TONIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS...

CTZ002-003-MAZ008>011-030700-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0025.060903T0012Z-060903T0700Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD
812 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE HARTFORD
SPRINGFIELD AREA AS WELL AS PORTION OF HIGH TERRAIN ADJACENT THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY.

THE REMAINS OF ERNESTO HAVE RESULTED IN A POWERFUL LABOR DAY WEEKEND
NOREASTER FOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT INTO NEW JERSEY. SOME OF ITS FRINGE
POWER IS EXPECTED TO BRUSH HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES OF NORTH
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

THE HIGH TERRAIN APPEARS MOST VULNERABLE BUT...A BAND OF INTENSE
SHOWERS CURRENTLY ARCED NORTHWESTWARD OFF THE OCEAN INTO THE NEW YORK
CITY AREA MAY ASSIST DOWNWARD TRANSFER OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT AS THE
LEADING EDGE OF THOSE SHOWERS ARRIVE IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

WINDS AT 8 PM WERE STILL GUSTING NEAR 45 MPH AROUND BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT
AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND TWIGS DOWN IN NORTH
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT THIS EVENING.

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.