Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Oct 15, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 15, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:11 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, 8.2 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
485 WWUS71 KBOX 150812 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 412 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL DEVELOP INTO A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TODAY AND TONIGHT RESULTING IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-151615- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.111015T2000Z-111016T0900Z/ 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 412 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ NOCERA
3 follow-up statements
948 WWUS71 KBOX 151639 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1239 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL DEVELOP INTO A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TODAY AND TONIGHT RESULTING IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-160045- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.111015T2000Z-111016T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1239 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM. * IMPACTS...DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
235 WWUS71 KBOX 152014 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND TONIGHT. MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-160415- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111016T0600Z/ 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 414 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 10 PM. * IMPACTS...DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY 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. && $$ EVT
096 WWUS71 KBOX 152314 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 714 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS TONIGHT. MAZ020-021-RIZ006>008-160015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111016T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 714 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ MAZ022>024-160600- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111016T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 714 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 10 PM. * IMPACTS...DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 50 min |
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.