Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2008, 12:04 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2008, 12:04 PM EST (17:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2008, 4:02 PM EST
- In force
- 15 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 17:05 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, 5.1 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
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 131704 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1204 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... .A STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE UP THE ATLANTIC COAST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL REACH CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. MAZ022>024-140115- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0001.080114T0900Z-080115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.080114T0600Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1204 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY... BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. $$ JWD
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 132036 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 336 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE HEADING TO THE GULF OF MAINE MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL REACH CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. MAZ022>024-140445- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.080114T0600Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 336 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. $$ JWD
000 WWUS71 KBOX 140340 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1040 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE HEADING TO THE GULF OF MAINE MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL REACH CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. MAZ022>024-141015- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.080114T0600Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1040 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. $$ WTB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 141008 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 508 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ...A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... .A WINTER STORM MOVING UP THE COAST WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS MORNING...BEFORE HEADING TO THE GULF OF MAINE THIS AFTERNOON. MAZ022>024-141815- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 508 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. $$ WTB
000 WWUS71 KBOX 141630 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1130 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ...A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS... .A WINTER STORM MOVING UP THE COAST WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS MORNING...BEFORE HEADING TO THE GULF OF MAINE THIS AFTERNOON. MAZ022>024-142045- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1130 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. NORTH WINDS SHOULD INCREASE BRIEFLY TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... GUSTING POSSIBLY TO AROUND 45 MPH. STRONGEST WIND IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR NEAR PROVINCETOWN ON CAPE COD. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THE ADVISORY MAY BE DISCONTINUED ON MARTHAS VINEYARD DURING MID AFTERNOON. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 142102 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 402 PM EST MON JAN 14 2008 MAZ022>024-142215- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080115T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 402 PM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS THE NOREASTER CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 4:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:54 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:00 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 28 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.