Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2007, 4:40 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2007, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2007, 11:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 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 160840 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 440 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MAZ024-161645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.070316T1500Z-070316T2200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 440 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TODAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 161638 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1238 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MAZ024-162200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070316T2200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1238 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IN THE CAROLINAS WILL MOVE UP THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ WTB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 162019 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MAZ022-170430- /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 419 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IN THE CAROLINAS WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 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. $$ MAZ024-170430- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 419 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IN THE CAROLINAS WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ WTB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 170107 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 907 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MAZ013-015-170400- /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0400Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON 907 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLUE HILLS. 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. $$ MAZ022-024-170900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 907 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 170339 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1139 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MAZ013-015-170900- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON 1139 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE... SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLUE HILLS. 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. $$ MAZ022-024-170900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1139 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING...WILL MOVE UP THE COAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS CAPE COD BAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE... SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 170857 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 457 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 MAZ013-015-171000- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T0900Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON 457 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BOSTON AREA AND WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING...BUT THAT IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. $$ MAZ023-171600- /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINEYARD HAVEN 457 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING... SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ022-024-171600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 457 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING... SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ FIELD
000 WWUS71 KBOX 170859 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 459 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 MAZ022>024-171600- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 459 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING... SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ FIELD
000 WWUS71 KBOX 171525 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1125 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 MAZ022>024-171630- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070317T1600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1125 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE CORE OF THE STRONGEST WINDS HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ KJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:33 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 15 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 18 hr |
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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.