Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2008, 4:25 AM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Oct 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2008, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 190825 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 MAZ005-013-191630- /O.CAN.KBOX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081019T1300Z/ /O.UPG.KBOX.FZ.A.0002.081020T0600Z-081020T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0005.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO...NORWOOD 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WARNING FOR EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES CENTRAL MIDDLESEX AND WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MAZ004-009-011-026-NHZ015-190930- /O.CAN.KBOX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081019T1300Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...BLANDFORD... SPRINGFIELD...AYER...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING FOR EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ CTZ002-003-191630- /O.UPG.KBOX.FZ.A.0002.081020T0600Z-081020T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0005.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS REPLACES THE FREEZE WATCH. THIS INCLUDES HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ CTZ004-191630- /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0005.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR WINDHAM COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 30 DEGREES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MAZ006-007-014-RIZ006-191630- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0009.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES ESSEX AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MAZ024-191630- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.081019T1200Z-081020T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 425 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BUT IT WILL REMAIN RATHER WINDY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AND THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN TIME. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 191515 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1115 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 CTZ002>004-MAZ005-013-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0005.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD 1115 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN NORFOLK AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MAZ006-007-014-RIZ006-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0009.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 1115 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES ESSEX AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MAZ024-192315- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081020T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1115 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NANTUCKET. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. HOWEVER...IT WILL REMAIN RATHER WINDY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...SO THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. 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. $$ EVT
000 WWUS71 KBOX 192107 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 507 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 RIZ006-192215- /O.CAN.KBOX.FR.Y.0009.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 507 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. OVERNIGHT LOWS ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY RHODE ISLAND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING. THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED SPOTS WHERE LOWS MAY DIP TO NEAR 32 DEGREES...BUT A WIDESPREAD FROST IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005-013-200515- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0005.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...FOXBORO... NORWOOD 507 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN NORFOLK AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MAZ006-007-014-200515- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0009.081020T0600Z-081020T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE 507 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THIS INCLUDES ESSEX AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MAZ024-200000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081020T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 507 PM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NANTUCKET. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS MAY PICK UP AGAIN MONDAY MORNING...THOUGH THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS TODAY. 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. $$ EVT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 28 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 28 hr |
| Oct 19, 5:09 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 13 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 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.