Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jun 4, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jun 4, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 3:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
663 WWUS71 KBOX 040845 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 445 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN SHORELINE OF MASSACHUSETTS TODAY INTO LATE TONIGHT... MAZ007-041645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1500Z-120605T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 445 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN SHORELINE OF ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE ANN. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$ MAZ019-041645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1800Z-120605T0200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLYMOUTH 445 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN SHORELINE OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY TO LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ022-024-041645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1800Z-120605T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 445 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINES OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AND EASTERN FACING BEACHES. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY TO LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
160 WWUS71 KBOX 041404 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1004 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...STRONG NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN SHORELINE OF MASSACHUSETTS TODAY INTO TONIGHT... MAZ007-042215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1500Z-120605T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 1004 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN SHORELINE OF ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE ANN. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ019-042215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1800Z-120605T0200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLYMOUTH 1004 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EASTERN SHORELINE OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY TO LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$ MAZ022-024-042215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.120604T1800Z-120605T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1004 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINES OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AND EASTERN FACING BEACHES. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY TODAY TO LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
772 WWUS71 KBOX 041950 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 350 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 MAZ019-042100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120605T0200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLYMOUTH 350 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. $$ MAZ007-042100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120605T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 350 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. $$ MAZ022-024-042100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120605T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 350 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH 30 MPH AT NANTUCKET WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BUT THESE SPEEDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 8 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 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.