Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 3:49 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 27, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2012, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2012, 3:46 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236 WWUS71 KBOX 272049 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 349 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN STRONG WINDS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS TONIGHT... MAZ022>024-280500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.120128T0000Z-120128T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 349 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES. A FEW SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
864 WWUS71 KBOX 280314 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1014 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN STRONG WINDS OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS TONIGHT... MAZ022>024-280900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120128T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1014 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES. A FEW SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ DUNTEN
250 WWUS71 KBOX 280846 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 346 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2012 MAZ022>024-281000- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120128T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 346 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS THAT FAVORED THE ADVISORY HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE...THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW STRONG GUSTS...25 TO 35 MPH...ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$ DUNTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:19 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 26 hr | |
| Jan 27, 8:08 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 47 days |
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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.