Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2007, 4:43 AM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 12, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2007, 4:43 AM EDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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 71 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
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 120843 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 443 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND TODAY THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE THEN INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-121645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.070412T1600Z-070412T2100Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 443 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...WINDS WILL INCREASE. BY NOONTIME...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLIES SHOULD BE BLOWING AT BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 33 min | |
| Apr 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 27 min |
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.