Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2013, 3:40 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jan 19, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2013, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
814 WWUS71 KBOX 182040 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 340 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED SATURDAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-190445- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.130119T1200Z-130119T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 340 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...DURING SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN AND PERHAPS ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
551 WWUS71 KBOX 190218 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 918 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED SATURDAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-191030- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.130119T1200Z-130119T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 918 PM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...DURING SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN AND PERHAPS ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
238 WWUS71 KBOX 190854 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 354 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TODAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-191700- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.130119T1200Z-130119T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 354 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. 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. && $$
578 WWUS71 KBOX 191119 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 619 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TODAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS... RIZ008-191930- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.130119T1200Z-130119T2300Z/ BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOCK ISLAND 619 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ022>024-191930- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.130119T1200Z-130119T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 619 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. 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. && $$
385 WWUS71 KBOX 191523 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1023 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 MAZ016-019>021-RIZ006-007-192300- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT 1023 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ022>024-RIZ008-192300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1023 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. 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. && $$ RLG
570 WWUS71 KBOX 192054 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 354 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 MAZ016-019>024-RIZ006>008-192300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 354 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS BEING KNOCKED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ RLG
449 WWUS71 KBOX 192304 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 604 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 MAZ016-019>024-RIZ006>008-200015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 604 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ WTB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:59 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 18, 4:34 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 56 hr |
Nearby
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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.