Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Jan 11, 2011, 4:14 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2011, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2011, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2011, 4:26 PM EST
- In force
- 14 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 21:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:06 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 12, 7:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Nantucket, MA | HAM RADIO |
| Jan 12, 8:48 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 12, 8:57 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Eastham, MA | TREE ON HOUSE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND |
| Jan 12, 9:28 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 12, 10:32 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 12, 11:18 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Nantucket, MA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WWUS71 KBOX 112114 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...A DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT NANTUCKET TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... MAZ024-120515- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0001.110112T0700Z-110113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0001.110112T0700Z-110113T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 414 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 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 POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ WTB
5 follow-up statements
069 WWUS71 KBOX 120519 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1219 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...A DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT NANTUCKET TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... MAZ024-121330- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0001.110112T0700Z-110113T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1219 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ RLG
804 WWUS71 KBOX 120858 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 358 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...A DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM WILL AFFECT NANTUCKET TODAY... MAZ022-023-121700- /O.EXB.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 358 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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 POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ MAZ024-121700- /O.EXT.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0100Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 358 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXTENDED THE HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TODAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ RLG
539 WWUS71 KBOX 121530 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1030 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WIND TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... MAZ022>024-130100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1030 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SHIFTING WINDS BECOMING NW 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON....THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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 POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ RIZ008-121900- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.110112T1530Z-110112T1900Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 1030 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND * WINDS...NW WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND THROUGH 2 PM TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
302 WWUS71 KBOX 121812 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 112 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING STRONG WIND TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON... RIZ008-121915- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T1900Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 112 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR BLOCK ISLAND. GUSTY WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS HAS DIMINISHED. $$ MAZ022>024-130100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0100Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 112 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE HIGH WIND WARNI UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SHIFTING WINDS FROM THE W BECOMING NW 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 50 TO 60 MPH GUSTS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON....THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
495 WWUS71 KBOX 122126 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 426 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAZ022>024-130600- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.110112T2126Z-110113T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 426 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND IN MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. LEFTOVER SLUSH WILL FREEZE OVERNIGHT ON UNTREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 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. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:44 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 53 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:20 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Nantucket | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:28 PM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 27 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.