Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2008, 5:19 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 27, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2008, 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2008, 4:26 PM EST
- In force
- 3 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 10:16 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 00:00Z, 10.3 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
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBOX 271019 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 519 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...NASTY WIND DRIVEN WET SNOW FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS LATE TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL PROBABLY MAKE TRAVEL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING THEN DRIFT EAST NORTHEAST MONDAY...FINALLY WEAKENING IN ITS TUESDAY DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. MAZ022>024-271830- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0002.080127T2100Z-080128T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.080127T2100Z-080128T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 519 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT STORM TONIGHT ADVERSELY SHUTTING DOWN OR SERIOUSLY DELAYING ALL FORMS OF TRAVEL. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TRAVEL ON THE CAPE WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 5 AM WHEN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCUR AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AT ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. HEAVY SNOW MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS 4 OR 5 PM TODAY. THE SNOW MAY MELT OR COMPACT ON MANY SURFACES FROM PROVINCETOWN TO CHATHAM AND NANTUCKET DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF OCEAN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S. EVEN SO...THE WET SNOW SHOULD BE PASTED ON ALL OBJECTS. THAT COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND... WILL LIKELY FORCE TREE BRANCHES AND WIRES TO SNAP. THE PROBABILITY FOR MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS IS 80 PERCENT WITH PROBABILITIES FOR 8 INCHES VARYING FROM 40 PERCENT AT CHATHAM AND NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD TO ABOUT 75 PERCENT FROM HYANNIS TO THE CAPE COD CANAL. IF YOU LIVE OR WORK ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...BE PREPARED TO REMAIN WHERE EVER YOU ARE LOCATED AT 7 PM TONIGHT. HIGH WIND AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY AT TIMES LIMITED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH MONDAY...ESPECIALLY MIDDAY BUT THE WIND AND ANY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL BE A POTENT FACTOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ018>021-271830- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0003.080127T2100Z-080128T1200Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT 519 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE OUTER FRINGES OF AN INTENSE OCEAN STORM THAT WILL BELT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WITH NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT MAY EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE INTO THE SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES OF PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL. WHILE WINDS WILL BE LESS...THERE COULD BE 4 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW COMBINED WITH 40 MPH WIND GUSTS THAT WOULD CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. FOR NOW...THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SPOTTY 8 INCH AMOUNTS BY DAWN MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY DURING MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$ DRAG
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 271424 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 924 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...NASTY WIND DRIVEN WET SNOW FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS LATE TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL PROBABLY MAKE TRAVEL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING THEN DRIFT EAST NORTHEAST MONDAY...FINALLY WEAKENING IN ITS TUESDAY DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. MAZ022>024-272230- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.080127T2100Z-080128T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 924 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT STORM TONIGHT ADVERSELY SHUTTING DOWN OR SERIOUSLY DELAYING ALL FORMS OF TRAVEL. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TRAVEL ON THE CAPE WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 5 AM WHEN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCUR AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AT ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. HEAVY SNOW MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS 4 OR 5 PM TODAY. THE SNOW MAY MELT OR COMPACT ON MANY SURFACES FROM PROVINCETOWN TO CHATHAM AND NANTUCKET DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF OCEAN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S. EVEN SO...THE WET SNOW SHOULD BE PASTED ON ALL OBJECTS. THAT COMBINED WITH INCREASING WIND... WILL LIKELY FORCE TREE BRANCHES AND WIRES TO SNAP. THE PROBABILITY FOR MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS IS 80 PERCENT WITH PROBABILITIES FOR 8 INCHES VARYING FROM 40 PERCENT AT CHATHAM AND NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD TO ABOUT 75 PERCENT FROM HYANNIS TO THE CAPE COD CANAL. IF YOU LIVE OR WORK ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...BE PREPARED TO REMAIN WHERE EVER YOU ARE LOCATED AT 7 PM TONIGHT. HIGH WIND AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY AT TIMES LIMITED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH MONDAY...ESPECIALLY MIDDAY BUT THE WIND AND ANY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL BE A POTENT FACTOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ006-007-271900- /O.NEW.KBOX.SN.Y.0003.080127T1424Z-080127T1900Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER 924 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GLOUCESTER AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAZ018>021-272230- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0003.080127T2100Z-080128T1200Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT 924 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE OUTER FRINGES OF AN INTENSE OCEAN STORM THAT WILL BELT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WITH NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT MAY EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE INTO THE SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES OF PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL. WHILE WINDS WILL BE LESS...THERE COULD BE 4 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW COMBINED WITH 40 MPH WIND GUSTS THAT WOULD CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. FOR NOW...THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SPOTTY 8 INCH AMOUNTS BY DAWN MONDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY DURING MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 271725 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1225 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...A WIND DRIVEN HEAVY WET SNOW EVENT FOR CAPE COD AND ISLANDS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL TONIGHT. .INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED ABOUT 200 NM SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING THEN DRIFT EAST NORTHEAST MONDAY...FINALLY WEAKENING IN ITS TUESDAY DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. MAZ006-007-271830- /O.CAN.KBOX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080127T1900Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER 1225 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY. $$ MAZ018-020-271830- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.A.0003.080127T2100Z-080128T1200Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD 1225 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS WESTERN PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHERN BRISTOL COUNTIES. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY. $$ MAZ022>024-280200- /O.EXT.KBOX.WS.W.0002.080127T1800Z-080128T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1225 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUTER CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND BETWEEN 7 PM AND 5 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP CLOSE TO FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ019-021-280200- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0003.080127T2100Z-080128T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.SN.Y.0004.080127T1800Z-080128T1500Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...MATTAPOISETT 1225 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF WET SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY DURING MONDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ STRAUSS
000 WWUS41 KBOX 272122 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 422 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...A WIND DRIVEN HEAVY WET SNOW EVENT FOR CAPE COD AND ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL TONIGHT. .INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE ABOUT 200 NM SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING WILL DRIFT EAST NORTHEAST MONDAY...FINALLY WEAKENING IN ITS TUESDAY DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. MAZ022>024-280900- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080128T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 422 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF COMPACTED HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF WET SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY PRIOR TO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAZ019-021-280900- /O.EXT.KBOX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0900Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...MATTAPOISETT 422 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF WET SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY PRIOR TO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ STRAUSS
000 WWUS41 KBOX 272126 CCA WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 425 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...A WIND DRIVEN HEAVY WET SNOW EVENT FOR CAPE COD AND ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL TONIGHT. .INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE ABOUT 200 NM SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS EVENING WILL DRIFT EAST NORTHEAST MONDAY...FINALLY WEAKENING IN ITS TUESDAY DEPARTURE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. MAZ022>024-280900- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080128T1500Z/ /O.COR.KBOX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 425 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF COMPACTED HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF BARNSTABLE AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES...EXCEPT 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS DUKES COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF WET SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY PRIOR TO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAZ019-021-280900- /O.EXT.KBOX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0900Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...MATTAPOISETT 425 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM HEADS OUT TO SEA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR FREEZING. IN ADDITION THE COMBINATION OF WET SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY PRIOR TO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ STRAUSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:24 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Essex | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:25 PM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 10 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth | 6 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Every winter storm warning 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.