Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Oct 15, 2009, 12:16 PM EDT for Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Oct 16, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 15, 2009, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2009, 9:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 151616 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1216 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...THE FIRST OF TWO GALE EVENTS WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY DAMAGING WIND LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA AT NOON WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND. MAZ023-024-160030- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0002.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1216 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACE THE EARLIER WATCH FOR THIS AREA. THE COMBINATION OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL WIND GUSTS WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE A FEW TREES TO FALL OR LARGE LIMBS WILL BREAK EARLY FRIDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ019>022-RIZ007-008-160030- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1216 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CONTINUED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR BLOCK ISLAND AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH COMBINED WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE BRANCH BREAKAGE AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES FRIDAY MORNING. A PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IN LATE AFTERNOON FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DRAG
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 152041 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...THE FIRST OF TWO GALE EVENTS WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY DAMAGING WIND LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE TODAY WILL PASS 200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND. MAZ023-024-160445- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 441 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE COMBINATION OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL WIND GUSTS WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE A FEW TREES TO FALL OR LARGE LIMBS WILL BREAK EARLY FRIDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ019>022-RIZ007-008-160445- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 441 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. A WARNING CONTINUES FOR NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH COMBINED WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE BRANCH BREAKAGE AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES FRIDAY MORNING. A PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IN OVERNIGHT FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DRAG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 160200 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1000 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...THE FIRST OF TWO GALE EVENTS WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY DAMAGING WIND LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... MAZ023-024-161000- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1000 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL WIND GUSTS WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE A FEW TREES TO FALL OR LARGE LIMBS TO BREAK EARLY FRIDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ019>022-RIZ007-008-161000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.091016T0400Z-091016T1500Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1000 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH COMBINED WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE BRANCH BREAKAGE AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 160804 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...THE FIRST OF TWO GALE EVENTS WILL EASE LATER TODAY... MAZ023-161615- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091016T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-091016T1800Z/ DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINEYARD HAVEN 404 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH COMBINED WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE BRANCH BREAKAGE AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ020-021-RIZ007-160915- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-091016T1500Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NEWPORT 404 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THIS MORNING. $$ MAZ024-161600- /O.EXT.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091016T1600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 404 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF 45 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE A FEW TREES TO FALL OR LARGE LIMBS TO BREAK EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ019-022-RIZ008-161615- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-091016T1800Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...BLOCK ISLAND 404 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH COMBINED WITH RAIN ON FULLY LEAVED TREES WILL CAUSE BRANCH BREAKAGE AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 161357 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 957 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 MAZ024-161800- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091016T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0060.091016T1357Z-091016T1800Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 957 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS ON FULLY LEAVED TREES MAY CAUSE A FEW LARGE LIMBS TO BREAK EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MAZ019-022-023-RIZ008-161500- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-091016T1800Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...BLOCK ISLAND 957 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THESE SPEEDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 4:43 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 65 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:43 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:58 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 23 hr |
| Oct 15, 5:04 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Oct 15, 5:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 48 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
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.