Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 23, 2007, 9:42 AM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2007, 9:42 AM EDT (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 231342 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 942 AM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BLUE HILLS THROUGH 9 PM TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. MAZ016-232145- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.071023T1342Z-071024T0100Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 942 AM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BLUE HILLS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH 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. $$ STRAUSS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 231808 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 208 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORFOLK COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...THE CITY OF BOSTON...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTY INCLUDING NEWTON... SOMERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WORCESTER UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. MAZ012>015-240100- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071024T0100Z/ SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON 208 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WORCESTER... THE WALPOLE HILLS AND ALL OF WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY...THE CITY OF BOSTON...ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOMERVILLE...CAMBRIDGE AND NEWTON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 9 PM AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ016-240100- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071024T0100Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 208 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BLUE HILLS AND EASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 9 PM AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 231814 CCA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 213 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORFOLK COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...THE CITY OF BOSTON...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTY INCLUDING NEWTON... SOMERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WORCESTER UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. MAZ012>015-240100- /O.COR.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071024T0100Z/ SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON 213 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WORCESTER... THE BLUE HILLS...WALPOLE HILLS AND ALL OF NORFOLK COUNTY INCLUDING DEDHAM AND THE CITY OF BROOKLINE...THE CITY OF BOSTON...ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOMERVILLE...CAMBRIDGE AND NEWTON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 9 PM AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ016-240100- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071024T0100Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY 213 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BLUE HILLS AND EASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 9 PM AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.