Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2007, 2:20 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2007, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2007, 5:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 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 301821 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 220 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-302200- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.070430T1820Z-070430T2200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 220 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG THE COAST FROM CAPE ANN INTO THE BOSTON METRO AREA...AS WELL AS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS THE MONADNOCKS...WORCESTER HILLS AND HILLS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. 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. $$ JWD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBOX 302133 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 533 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-302245- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-070430T2200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD... BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY... AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 533 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ JWD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:37 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 13 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.