Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind watch at Jan 25, 2011, 4:06 PM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2011, 4:06 PM EST (21:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2011, 11:03 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WWUS71 KBOX 252106 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 406 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 MAZ024-260515- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.A.0002.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 406 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MENTIONED AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ RLG/MLD
3 follow-up statements
294 WWUS71 KBOX 260309 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1009 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 MAZ024-261115- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.A.0002.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1009 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MENTIONED AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
445 WWUS71 KBOX 260939 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 MAZ024-261800- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.A.0002.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 439 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE HIGH WIND WAT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AS WELL...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MENTIONED AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
122 WWUS71 KBOX 261603 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1103 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 MAZ024-270015- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0002.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1103 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:00 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 25, 4:00 PM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 25, 4:10 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 24 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.