Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2006, 4:26 AM EST for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 6 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 6, 2006, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2006, 4:26 AM EST (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2006, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2006, 3:23 AM EST
- In force
- 20 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, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 060926 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 426 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS CENTRAL QUEBEC TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-061730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.060206T1200Z-060207T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 426 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR CAPE COD...BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW IS SLOW MOVING...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN DURING TUESDAY...ALLOWING THE WINDS TO DIMINISH. 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. $$ MAZ016-020-021-RIZ006-007-061730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.060206T1200Z-060206T2200Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 426 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS EASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE BLUE HILLS AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ VALLIER-TALBOT
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 061601 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1101 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS CENTRAL QUEBEC TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. MAZ016-020-021-RIZ006-007-061715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060206T2200Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1101 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS. IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS ARE JUST BELOW WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A WIND ADVISORY. $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-070015- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060207T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1101 AM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN DURING TUESDAY...ALLOWING THE WINDS TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ KJC
000 WWUS71 KBOX 061933 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 233 PM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-RIZ008-070400- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060207T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 233 PM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND DURING TUESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. 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. $$ KJC
000 WWUS71 KBOX 070326 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1026 PM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-RIZ008-071000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060207T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1026 PM EST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ KAB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 070823 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 323 AM EST TUE FEB 7 2006 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-070930- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060207T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 323 AM EST TUE FEB 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...WITH WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ EVT
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.