Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2006, 2:22 AM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; 4 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Jan 31, 2006, 10:57 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2006, 2:22 AM EST (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2006, 10:57 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2006, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 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 310722 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 222 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MAZ022-024-311700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.060131T1600Z-060201T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 222 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH THE EVENING AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY. 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. $$ FRANK
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 311557 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1057 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSIFYING OCEAN STORM WILL TRACK WELL SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...TO INCLUDE BLUE HILL. MAZ016>021-023-RIZ004>008-010000- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.060131T1600Z-060201T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- DUKES MA-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... VINEYARD HAVEN...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1057 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...BLUE HILL...BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS...AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ MAZ022-024-010000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.060131T1600Z-060201T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1057 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH THE EVENING WHEN WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHERLY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 5 PM 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 YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KAB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 312050 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 350 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSIFYING OCEAN STORM WILL TRACK WELL SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THROUGH THE EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...TO INCLUDE BLUE HILL. MAZ016>024-RIZ004>008-010300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060201T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 350 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KAB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 010152 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 852 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSIFYING OCEAN STORM WILL TRACK WELL SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THROUGH THE EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...TO INCLUDE BLUE HILL. MAZ016>021-RIZ004>008-010300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060201T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 852 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS....IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD AND MATTAPOISETT. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT AND BLOCK ISLAND. A POWERFUL OCEAN STORM OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGES BANK CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ALONG WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED...EXCEPT FOR NANTUCKET...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD WHERE IT REMAINS IN EFFECT. $$ MAZ022>024-010300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060201T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 852 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. AT 9 PM...A POWERFUL OCEAN STORM WAS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGES BANK AND WAS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONTINUES ACROSS CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 10 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS71 KBOX 010157 CCA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 856 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 MAZ016>021-RIZ004>008-010300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060201T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 856 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS....IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD AND MATTAPOISETT. IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT AND BLOCK ISLAND. A POWERFUL OCEAN STORM OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGES BANK CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ALONG WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED...EXCEPT FOR NANTUCKET...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD WHERE IT REMAINS IN EFFECT. $$ MAZ022>024-010300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060201T0300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 856 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. AT 9 PM...A POWERFUL OCEAN STORM WAS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGES BANK AND WAS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONTINUES ACROSS CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 10 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 19 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.