Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2008, 4:32 PM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 5, 2008, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2008, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 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 042132 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 432 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...STRONG WIND WILL AFFECT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST VIRGINIA WILL TRACK THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE HAZARDS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING ICING...MINOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-050545- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.080305T1200Z-080305T1900Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-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...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 432 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST DURING FORENOON AND MIDDAY...GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE IN CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AXIS OF STRONGEST WIND WHICH SHOULD LIE FROM THE HARTFORD AREA TO WOONSOCKET AND WORCESTER ON OVER TO THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. 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. $$ DRAG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 050538 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1238 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...STRONG WIND WILL AFFECT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST VIRGINIA WILL TRACK THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE HAZARDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING MINOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-051345- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.080305T1200Z-080305T1900Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-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...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1238 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST DURING FORENOON AND MIDDAY...GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE IN CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AXIS OF STRONGEST WIND WHICH SHOULD LIE FROM THE HARTFORD AREA TO WOONSOCKET AND WORCESTER ON OVER TO THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. 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 050941 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND THEN THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE HAZARDS AFFECTING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING...WHICH INCLUDING FLOODING AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-051745- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.080305T1200Z-080305T1900Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-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...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 441 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WIND APPEARS TO BE FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AROUND MIDDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AXIS OF STRONGEST WIND WHICH SHOULD LIE FROM WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND TO PROVIDENCE NORTHEAST TO THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. 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. $$ NOCERA
000 WWUS71 KBOX 051739 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1239 PM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT TRAVEL THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW YORK STATE WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-051900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080305T1900Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-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...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1239 PM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS....WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY. 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. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 20 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2008Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2008Wind Advisories in Connecticut, 2008Every wind advisory 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.