Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 24, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2008, 4:08 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2008, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 290808 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 MAZ022-024-291400- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081029T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0024.081029T0808Z-081029T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER DAYBREAK...AND GUSTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 45 MPH BY MID MORNING. 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. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-023-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-290915- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-081029T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ANY WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 35 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY STILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ BELK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBOX 291405 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1005 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 MAZ022-024-291515- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081029T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1005 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. IT WILL STILL BE WINDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BUT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 4:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 38 hr |
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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.