Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Dec 21, 2008, 4:42 PM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island; Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 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 21, 2008, 4:42 PM EST (21:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 4:43 AM EST
- In force
- 10 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 21:42 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, 9.7 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
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 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 212142 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY TODAY ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AND THEN MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING... .A COASTAL STORM WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTH ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO CAPE COD LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-220545- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0007.081221T2300Z-081222T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 442 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR CAPE COD...NANTUCKET..MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAPE COD CANAL THIS EVENING. ONCE THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS BAY INTO THE GULF OF MAINE...STRONG WEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 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. $$ MAZ004>007-012>016-018>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ006-007-220545- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.081221T2300Z-081222T0800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 442 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAPE COD CANAL THIS EVENING. ONCE THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS BAY INTO THE GULF OF MAINE...STRONG WEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREE LIMBS...AND POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-017-RIZ001>005-220500- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.081221T2300Z-081222T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...TAUNTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 442 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CAPE COD CANAL THIS EVENING. ONCE THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS BAY INTO THE GULF OF MAINE...STRONG WEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 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 TREE LIMBS...AND POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 220425 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1125 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A COASTAL STORM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES NOVA SCOTIA OVERNIGHT THEN INTO THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE ON MONDAY. RIZ008-221230- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T1700Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 1125 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO BLOCK ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CTZ002>004-220530- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T0500Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 1125 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. HOWEVER AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL STILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ MAZ022>024-221000- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1125 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR CAPE COD...NANTUCKET..MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH NOVA SCOTIA BY DAYBREAK. ONCE THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS BAY INTO THE GULF OF MAINE...STRONG WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-221230- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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 BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1125 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH NOVA SCOTIA BY DAYBREAK THEN INTO THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED SNOW AND ICE OVER INTERIOR AREAS. IN ADDITION AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED A BRIEF CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN THEN A SWITCHOVER TO BACK TO SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR COULD BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND WIND DAMAGE DUE TO COMBINED WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED ICE AND SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. ALSO BE CAREFUL OF FALLING ICICLES FROM ELEVATED AREAS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ALSO BE SLIPPERY. 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 TREE LIMBS...AND POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 220943 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 443 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THIS MORNING... .A COASTAL STORM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES NOVA SCOTIA THIS MORNING THEN INTO THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE THIS AFTERNOON. MAZ022>024-221700- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T1700Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 443 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION MANY UNTREATED SURFACES INCLUDING WALKWAYS AND ROADWAYS REMAIN SLIPPERY DUE TO FROZEN ICE AND SLUSH FROM YESTERDAYS PRECIPITATION EVENT. USE SOME EXTRA TIME AND CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS MORNING. WEAR PLENTY OF LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS MITTENS AND SCARVES TO KEEP WARM AND LIMIT EXPOSURE TO THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CTZ002>004-221700- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 443 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE NEARING NOVA SCOTIA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WIDELY SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR PARTLY DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED SNOW AND ICE FROM YESTERDAYS STORM. AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED A BRIEF CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN THEN A SWITCHOVER TO BACK TO SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 395 CORRIDOR SUNDAY EVENING WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND WIND DAMAGE DUE TO COMBINED WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED ICE AND SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. ALSO BE CAREFUL OF FALLING ICICLES FROM ELEVATED AREAS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ALSO BE SLIPPERY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN ZERO AND MINUS 5 DEGREES THIS MORNING. WEAR PLENTY OF LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS MITTENS AND SCARVES TO KEEP WARM AND LIMIT EXPOSURE TO THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS. 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. $$ MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-221700- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081222T1700Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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 BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE... MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 443 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING NOVA SCOTIA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL REACH THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED SNOW AND ICE OVER INTERIOR AREAS. IN ADDITION AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED A BRIEF CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN THEN A SWITCHOVER TO BACK TO SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SUNDAY EVENING WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND WIND DAMAGE DUE TO COMBINED WEIGHT OF ACCUMULATED ICE AND SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. ALSO BE CAREFUL OF FALLING ICICLES FROM ELEVATED AREAS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ALSO BE SLIPPERY. WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN ZERO AND MINUS 10 DEGREES THIS MORNING. WEAR PLENTY OF LAYERED CLOTHING AS WELL AS MITTENS AND SCARVES TO KEEP WARM AND LIMIT EXPOSURE TO THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 31 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:25 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 27 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008High Wind Warnings in Rhode Island, 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.