Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 3, 2007, 3:28 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Feb 3, 2007, 6:08 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2007, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2007, 6:08 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 107 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 032028 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 328 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 MAZ024-040430- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.070204T0200Z-070204T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 328 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY FOR NANTUCKET. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS NANTUCKET TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT IN THE 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. $$ MAZ022-023-040430- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.070204T0700Z-070204T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 328 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY FOR CAPE COLD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 032308 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 608 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 RIZ008-041000- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.070204T0200Z-070204T1500Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 608 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY FOR BLOCK ISLAND. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS BLOCK ISLAND TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT IN THE 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. $$ MAZ024-041000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.070204T0200Z-070204T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 608 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY FOR NANTUCKET. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS NANTUCKET TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ022-023-041000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.070204T0700Z-070204T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 608 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY FORE CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT IN THE 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. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS71 KBOX 040920 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 420 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-041500- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 420 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING A BIT LATE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:16 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 14 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2007Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 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.