Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2008, 4:15 PM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Nov 18, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2008, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 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 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 182115 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 415 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 MAZ022-024-190515- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.081119T0300Z-081119T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 415 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR BARNSTABLE AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET...ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WILL CAUSE NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE BY LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS CAPE COD...MAINLY FROM HYANNIS OUT TO CHATHAM AND PROVINCETOWN...AS WELL AS NANTUCKET. WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE FROM 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. $$ EVT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 190233 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 933 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 MAZ022-024-191045- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.081119T0300Z-081119T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 933 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR BARNSTABLE AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET... ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WILL CAUSE NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS CAPE COD...MAINLY FROM HYANNIS OUT TO CHATHAM AND PROVINCETOWN...AS WELL AS NANTUCKET. WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE FROM 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES... POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 190909 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 409 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 MAZ022-024-191500- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-081119T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 409 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 191500 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1000 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 MAZ022-024-191600- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-081119T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1000 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ EVT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 3:56 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days |
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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.