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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 11, 2010Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2010, 3:20 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2010, 3:20 AM EST (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2010, 8:58 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2010-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2010-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
905 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

751 
WWUS71 KBOX 110820
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
320 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010

...WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...

MAZ022>024-111400-
/O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.100211T0820Z-100211T1400Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
320 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS MAY GUST AROUND 50 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING
BEFORE DIMINISHING.

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.

&&

$$

MAZ018-019-021-110930-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...MATTAPOISETT
320 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$
1 follow-up statement
887 
WWUS71 KBOX 111358
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
858 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010

MAZ022>024-111500-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-100211T1400Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
858 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM
THE REGION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 12:53 AM ESTWind AdvisoryBOXNorfolk, Plymouth2 hr
Feb 11, 3:22 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX48 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.