Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2006, 4:10 PM EST for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2006, 4:10 PM EST (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2006, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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, Worcester County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 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 182110 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 410 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN QUEBEC BY THURSDAY MORNING. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY TONIGHT...BRINGING IN COLDER AIR. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST...AND INCREASE IN SPEED BRIEFLY EARLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY WINDY FOR THE ADVISORY AREA...WHICH MAY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE. MAZ012-016-020-021-RIZ006>008-190300- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.060118T2110Z-060119T0300Z/ SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER...QUINCY... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 410 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AGAIN BY LATE 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. $$ MAZ022>024-190300- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060119T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.060118T2110Z-060119T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 410 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH AGAIN BY LATE THIS EVENING. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR A TIME THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...AND FOR THOSE VEHICLES DRIVING OVER THE SAGAMORE AND BOURNE BRIDGES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>011-013>015-017>019-026-RIZ001>005-182215- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 410 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ NHZ011-012-015-182215- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 410 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ VALLIER-TALBOT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 10:43 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2006Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2006Every wind advisory in 2006
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.