Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Dec 14, 2013, 6:02 PM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 14, 2013, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2013, 6:02 PM EST (23:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2013, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2013, 6:08 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBOX 142302 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 602 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... MAZ022-024-150715- /O.UPG.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.131215T0400Z-131215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0006.131215T0400Z-131215T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 602 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ MAZ019-023-RIZ008-150715- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.131215T0500Z-131215T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...VINEYARD HAVEN... BLOCK ISLAND 602 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND MARTHAS VINEYARD IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THERE ALSO IS THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FRANK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 150750 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 250 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY THIS MORNING... MAZ022-024-151200- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 250 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ MAZ019-023-RIZ008-151200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...VINEYARD HAVEN... BLOCK ISLAND 250 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND MARTHAS VINEYARD IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THERE ALSO IS THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
000 WWUS71 KBOX 150909 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 409 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY THIS MORNING... MAZ022-024-151200- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 409 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. * WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ MAZ019-023-RIZ008-151200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...VINEYARD HAVEN... BLOCK ISLAND 409 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND MARTHAS VINEYARD IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THERE ALSO IS THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
000 WWUS71 KBOX 151108 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 608 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS UNTIL 8 AM ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... MAZ022-024-151300- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131215T1300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 608 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD. * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM. * IMPACTS...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. 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. && $$ MAZ023-151300- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131215T1300Z/ DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINEYARD HAVEN 608 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...MARTHAS VINEYARD * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ019-RIZ008-151215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131215T1200Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BLOCK ISLAND 608 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND MARTHAS VINEYARD IN MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THERE ALSO IS THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 27 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 25 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 23 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:26 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 19 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013
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.