Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 4:48 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 10:31 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WWUS71 KBOX 012148 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 448 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY OVER CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND MONDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-020600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1100Z-120102T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 448 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...AND BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM AROUND DABYREAK THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED AND THERE COULD BE A FEW POWER DISRUPTIONS. 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. && $$ FIELD
3 follow-up statements
832 WWUS71 KBOX 020607 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 107 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY OVER CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND MONDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-021415- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1100Z-120102T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 107 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...AND BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM AROUND DABYREAK THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED AND THERE COULD BE A FEW POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
057 WWUS71 KBOX 020825 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 325 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY OVER CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ISLANDS...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND...MONDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MAZ022-020930- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1100Z-120102T1900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN 325 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND BLUSTERY ACROSS THE CAPE... THE EXPECTATION IS FOR SUSTAINED WIND FLOW TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$ MAZ023-024-RIZ008-021630- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.120102T1100Z-120102T1900Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 325 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...AND BLOCK ISLAND. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM AROUND DAYBREAK THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED AND THERE COULD BE A FEW POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ SIPPRELL
943 WWUS71 KBOX 021531 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1031 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 MAZ023-024-RIZ008-021645- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T1900Z/ DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 1031 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS UP ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WIND GUST SPEEDS OF 46 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. $$ BELK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:18 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 37 hr | |
| Jan 1, 3:18 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 6 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.