Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 52, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2009, 4:35 AM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Apr 6, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2009, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2009, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 060835 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 435 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... MAZ016-019>024-061645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.090406T1800Z-090407T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 435 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH COAST AND EAST COAST SOUTH OF BOSTON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PM. 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. && $$ RIZ006>008-061645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.090406T1800Z-090407T0000Z/ WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 435 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 061354 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 954 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... MAZ016-019>024-062200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.090406T1800Z-090407T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 954 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH COAST AND EAST COAST SOUTH OF BOSTON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PM. 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. && $$ RIZ006>008-062200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.090406T1800Z-090407T0000Z/ WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 954 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 061946 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 346 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... MAZ016-019-062100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-090407T0300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH 346 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ RIZ006-007-062100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-090407T0000Z/ WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 346 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ008-070200- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.090406T2100Z-090407T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 346 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AND 9 PM. 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. && $$
000 WWUS71 KBOX 070130 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 930 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 MAZ020>024-RIZ008-070230- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-090407T0200Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 930 PM EDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHEAST WINDS DID REACH SUSTAINED 31 MPH CRITERIA AT NANTUCKET AROUND 807 PM. HOWEVER..THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE SHIFTING OFFSHORE AND THE ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:44 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 15 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 71 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2009Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2009Every wind advisory 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.