Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 28, 2008, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2008, 3:36 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 09:03 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 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 280900 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 400 AM EST MON JAN 28 2008 MAZ022-024-281700- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080128T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.080128T1300Z-080128T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 400 AM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH 8 AM IMPLIES WIND ADVISORY WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE ADVISORY POSTED IN THIS MESSAGE THEN EXTENDS ONLY THE WIND ADVISORY BEYOND 8 AM... THROUGH 2 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. BY THAT TIME... THE NEWLY FALLING SNOW SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE CONFINED TO THE OUTER CAPE AND A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL NO LONGER BE ADVISED. HOWEVER...WIND WILL STILL BE A FACTOR...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING ALONG OPEN RURAL STRETCHES OF ROUTE 6 AND ON THE SAGAMORE AND BOURNE BRIDGES WITH GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH STILL POSSIBLE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. YESTERDAY...THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WIND WAS A 2 MINUTE SUSTAINED SPEED OF 47 MPH AT NANTUCKET OCCURRING AT 824 PM. THERE WERE MANY REPORTS OF GUSTS IN THE 50S. IF YOU LOSE POWER...DO NOT USE CANDLES SINCE THEY ARE A FIRE HAZARD. 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. $$ DRAG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 281544 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1044 AM EST MON JAN 28 2008 MAZ022-024-281900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080128T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1044 AM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS REGION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THEREAFTER...THEY SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS71 KBOX 281819 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 119 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 MAZ022-024-282100- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080128T2100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 119 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ FRANK
000 WWUS71 KBOX 282036 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 336 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 MAZ022-024-282145- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080128T2100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 336 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE ON TIME FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING. THESE WINDS SHOULD FINALLY DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 8:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 11 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.