Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 8:40 AM EST for Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 8:40 AM EST (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2008, 10:16 AM EST
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 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 121340 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 840 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 MAZ017>024-RIZ002>008-121600- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081212T1600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 840 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY NOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$ MAZ013-015-016-121600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0033.081212T1340Z-081212T1600Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 840 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY NOON AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ FRANK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBOX 121516 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1016 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 MAZ017>024-RIZ002>008-121630- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081212T1600Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1016 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL RHODE ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS HAVE EXITED THE REGION...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MAZ013-015-016-121630- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-081212T1600Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY 1016 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS HAVE EXITED THE REGION...SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 12:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Hampden, Middlesex | 7 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:32 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:36 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 46 hr |
| Dec 12, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 4 days |
| Dec 12, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 21 hr |
| Dec 12, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 39 hr |
| Dec 12, 7:43 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 10 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 32 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 23 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 34 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 8 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 16 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 25 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Worcester | 8 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:14 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 25 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.