Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2009, 4:19 AM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 9, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:19 AM EDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 090819 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 MAZ024-091630- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0049.090309T1300Z-090310T0100Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 419 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NANTUCKET. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ FRANK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 091532 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1132 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 MAZ024-092345- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-090310T0100Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1132 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NANTUCKET ISLAND. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 091943 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 343 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 MAZ024-100100- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-090310T0100Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 343 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NANTUCKET ISLAND. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE DEPARTS THE REGION. 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. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 092215 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 615 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 MAZ024-092315- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-090310T0100Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 615 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 4:14 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 14 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:45 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 18 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.