Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 73, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2009, 6:45 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 7:44 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2009, 7:44 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2009, 2:14 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 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 092345 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 645 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-100745- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0073.091210T0400Z-091210T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 645 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH A BIT DURING THE 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. && $$ FRANK/EVT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 100044 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 744 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-100845- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0073.091210T0044Z-091210T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 744 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH A BIT DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FRANK/EVT
000 WWUS71 KBOX 100714 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 214 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-100815- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 214 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...WIND SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE LESS THAN ADVISORY CRITERIA. WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$ NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 5:06 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 10 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:53 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 3 days |
Nearby
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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.