Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Nov 28, 2009, 8:40 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr. 28 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2009, 8:40 AM EST (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2009, 2:26 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 8:40 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hancock, NH | WIRES DOWN ON VILLAGE RD |
| Nov 28, 8:43 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Richmond, NH | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON RTE 119 |
| Nov 28, 8:57 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Chesterfield, NH | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON HUTCHINS RD |
| Nov 28, 9:05 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hancock, NH | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WINDING RD |
| Nov 28, 9:21 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Jaffrey, NH | TREES DOWN ON MOUNTAIN ROAD |
| Nov 28, 9:22 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pepperell, MA | WHEELER ROAD. WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 9:54 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brookline, NH | SHEET METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF FROM AUTO BODY SHOP ON RTE 13 |
| Nov 28, 10:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pepperell, MA | NORTH ST. TREE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 10:51 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Francestown, NH | POOR FARM RD. TREE DOWN ON WIRES. |
| Nov 28, 10:53 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Leominster, MA | PLEASANT ST. TREE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 11:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ware, MA | WALKER RD AND GREENWICH RD. TREE DOWN ON WIRES. |
| Nov 28, 11:35 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cheshire, NH | WIRES DOWN ON ROAD. |
| Nov 28, 11:40 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Saugus, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRE. |
| Nov 28, 11:41 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Melrose, MA | NATHAN ST. POWER POLE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 11:44 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pepperell, MA | HIGH ST. WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 11:54 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | North Reading, MA | HANCOCK ST. WIRES DOWN...TREE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:07 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Watertown, MA | PATTON ST. WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:09 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Cambridge, MA | NON-NWS CALIBRATED. |
| Nov 28, 12:20 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | East Bridgewater, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRE |
| Nov 28, 12:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:32 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fitchburg, MA | CLARENDON ST...LARGE BRANCH DOW IN ROAD. |
| Nov 28, 12:36 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sudbury, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:39 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pepperell, MA | SHIRLEY ST. TREE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:55 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Holbrook, MA | CRESCENT CIRCLE...TREE WITH PRIMARY WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:55 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Marion, MA | COTTAGE ST. LARGE BRANCH DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 12:57 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Revere, MA | BROADWAY. TREE DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 1:19 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Natick, MA | WIRES DOWN. |
| Nov 28, 1:38 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hollis, NH | S.MERRIMACK ROAD. WIRES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 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 281340 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 840 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...POCKETS OF DAMAGING WEST WINDS TODAY... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>005-282100- /O.UPG.KBOX.WI.Y.0067.000000T0000Z-091128T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0004.091128T1340Z-091128T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL 840 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED ADVISORY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POCKETS OF WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY LENGTHY POWER OUTAGES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND NOON IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. ELSEWHERE INCLUDING THE BOSTON AREA THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. 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 LIKELY WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ RIZ006>008-282145- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0067.000000T0000Z-091128T2300Z/ WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 840 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DRAG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBOX 281926 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 226 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 MAZ007-014>016-019-022-024-282200- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091128T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0068.091128T1926Z-091128T2200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 226 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY UPGRADED HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WHICH NOW EXTENDS FROM NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD TO BOSTON AND THE NORTH SHORE. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH DURING MID AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AS SUNSET APPROACHES. 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 LIKELY WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>013-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ011-012- 015-RIZ001>005-282030- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091128T2100Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL 226 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. LOCAL STORM REPORTS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS OFFER INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXTENT OF TODAYS WIND EVENT WHICH HAS NOW BECOME A RELATIVELY ROUTINE BLUSTERY DAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. $$ RIZ006>008-282030- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0067.000000T0000Z-091128T2300Z/ WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 226 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. LOCAL STORM REPORTS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS OFFER INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXTENT OF TODAYS WIND EVENT WHICH HAS NOW BECOME A RELATIVELY ROUTINE BLUSTERY DAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:56 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009High Wind Warnings in Rhode Island, 2009High Wind Warnings in Connecticut, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.