Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at May 9, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2011, 4:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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 19:36 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, 7.5 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
945 WWUS71 KBOX 081932 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 332 PM EDT SUN MAY 8 2011 MAZ024-090345- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.110509T1200Z-110509T2300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 332 PM EDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
503 WWUS71 KBOX 090306 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1106 PM EDT SUN MAY 8 2011 MAZ024-091115- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.110509T1200Z-110509T2300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1106 PM EDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
616 WWUS71 KBOX 090804 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 MAZ024-091615- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110510T0600Z-110510T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.110509T1200Z-110509T2200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 404 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED 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. && $$ MAZ022-023-091615- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110510T0600Z-110510T1800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 404 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE DAY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DOODY
378 WWUS71 KBOX 091408 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1008 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 MAZ024-092215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110509T2200Z/ /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110510T0600Z-110510T1800Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1008 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH A TAD TOWARD EVENING...BUT PICK BACK UP BY LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED 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. && $$ MAZ022-023-092215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110510T0600Z-110510T1800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 1008 AM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE DAY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
867 WWUS71 KBOX 092001 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 MAZ024-100415- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110509T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110509T2001Z-110510T2200Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 401 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WERE GENERALLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...THEY SHOULD PICK BACK UP TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED 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. && $$ MAZ022-023-100415- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.110510T0900Z-110510T2200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 401 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * HAZARDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:29 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| May 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 52 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.