Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2011, 11:03 AM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2011, 11:03 AM EST (16:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2011, 9:17 AM EST
- In force
- 10 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 16:02 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, 4.1 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
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. $$
4 follow-up statements
397 WWUS71 KBOX 262114 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011 MAZ024-270515- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.110127T0400Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 414 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ RLG
381 WWUS71 KBOX 270439 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1139 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011 MAZ024-271300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1139 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE WIND ADVISO UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 8 AM 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. $$
159 WWUS71 KBOX 270952 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 452 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 MAZ024-271500- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 452 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE WIND ADVI UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOX FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
230 WWUS71 KBOX 271417 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 917 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 MAZ024-271530- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T1500Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 917 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NANTUCKET. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Worcester | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:52 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 33 hr | |
| Jan 26, 11:04 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 22 hr | |
| Jan 26, 3:50 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 16 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.