Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 4:38 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 5:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600 WWUS71 KBOX 280838 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 438 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY... MAZ013-015>024-RIZ002-004>008-281645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.110428T1400Z-110428T2200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 438 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE 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. && $$ NOCERA
2 follow-up statements
010 WWUS71 KBOX 281542 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1142 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY... MAZ023-024-RIZ006>008-282200- /O.NEW.KBOX.FG.Y.0004.110428T1542Z-110428T2200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1142 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...WASHINGTON AND NEWPORT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND DENSE FOG. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AS OBJECTS ON AND NEAR ROADWAYS WILL BE SEEN ONLY AT CLOSE RANGE. && $$ MAZ013-015>022-RIZ002-004-005-282200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL 1142 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE 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. && $$ BELK
623 WWUS71 KBOX 282147 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 547 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011 MAZ023-024-RIZ006>008-290000- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KBOX.FG.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110429T0000Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 547 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...WASHINGTON AND NEWPORT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...DENSE FOG. * TIMING...FOG WILL REMAIN DENSE UNTIL 8PM. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS EVENTING. DRIVERS SHOULD BE CAUTIONS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AS OBJECTS ON AND NEAR ROADWAYS WILL BE SEEN ONLY AT CLOSE RANGE. && $$ MAZ013-015>022-RIZ002-004-005-282300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/ WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY... TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL 547 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DOODY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 11:42 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 12 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 3 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.