Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 68, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2009, 2:26 PM EST for 7 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2009, 2:26 PM EST (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2009, 4:55 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 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. $$ DRAG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBOX 282155 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 455 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 MAZ007-014>016-019-022-024-282300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0068.000000T0000Z-091128T2200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 455 PM EST SAT NOV 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 5 PM. ALTHOUGH IT STILL WAS WINDY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS EVENING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE ON TIME AT 5 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER-CAPE AND NANTUCKET. $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 8:40 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:56 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days |
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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.