Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2007

Wind Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 8, 2007Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2007, 2:57 AM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 8, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2007, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2007, 3:15 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2007-02-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2007-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KBOX 080757
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
257 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007

MAZ016-022-024-081600-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.070208T1700Z-070209T0500Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET
257 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...AND THE BLUE HILLS
SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT...WHICH WILL CROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO
BE DIFFICULT.

$$

JWD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 081539
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1039 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007

MAZ016-022-024-082345-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.070208T1700Z-070209T0500Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET
1039 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...AND THE BLUE HILLS
SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND AN ARCTIC
COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL CROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 082015
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
315 PM EST THU FEB 8 2007

MAZ016-022-024-082115-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070209T0500Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET
315 PM EST THU FEB 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE BLUE HILLS...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND.

ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED....IT WILL REMAIN WINDY
THIS EVENING WITH WEST WINDS AVERAGING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WITH STRONGEST SPEEDS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN. WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.