Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2008, 4:04 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 31, 2008, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2008, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 2344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 310904 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 MAZ022>024-311715- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0010.081231T2100Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 404 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE NEAR PITTSBURGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RACE EASTWARD THIS MORNING...THEN TRACK SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL STORM AS IT PASSES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH WINDS LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING TO CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM...WHEN NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT... HOWEVER THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 1 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ NOCERA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 311643 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1143 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 MAZ022>024-010045- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0010.081231T2100Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1143 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST THIS MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL STORM AS IT PASSES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH WINDS LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING TO CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM...WHEN NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 1 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ RLG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 312120 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 420 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 MAZ022>024-010530- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090101T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 420 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM...WHEN NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 1 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ019>021-RIZ006>008-010530- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0038.081231T2120Z-090101T0600Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 420 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY...THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...AND BLOCK ISLAND. LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND... AND COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM...WHEN NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ RLG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 5:15 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 20 hr | |
| Dec 31, 4:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 9 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.