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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 4:38 AM EST for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 4:38 AM EST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:49 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025 WWUS71 KBOX 280938 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 438 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED FOR CAPE COD REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... MAZ022>024-281745- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.110228T1600Z-110301T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 438 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA BY DUSK. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR DAMAGE. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ SIPPRELL
3 follow-up statements
862 WWUS71 KBOX 281548 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1048 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED FOR CAPE COD REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... RIZ008-010000- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.110228T1600Z-110301T0000Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 1048 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ022>024-010000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.110228T1600Z-110301T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1048 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA BY DUSK. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR DAMAGE. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ NOCERA
544 WWUS71 KBOX 281603 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1103 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED FOR CAPE COD REGION FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... MAZ020-021-RIZ006-007-010000- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1103 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY AND NEWPORT. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-010000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1103 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM TO 7 PM. * IMPACTS...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. 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. && $$ NOCERA
649 WWUS71 KBOX 282049 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 349 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-282200- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 349 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING SO THE RISK OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS NO LONGER EXIST. $$ NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:01 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 22 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2011Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2011Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.