Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jun 13, 2013, 4:41 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2013, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 20:41 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, 8.7 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
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565 WWUS71 KBOX 132041 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...A PERIOD OF GUSTY EAST WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .A LATE SEASON NOREASTER TRACKING SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF GUSTY EAST WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AND GIVEN TREES ARE FULLY LEAVED THIS MAY BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-140445- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.130614T0000Z-130614T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 441 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...8 PM THURSDAY UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY. * 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. && $$ NOCERA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
155 WWUS71 KBOX 140210 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1010 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...A PERIOD OF GUSTY EAST WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .A LATE SEASON NOREASTER TRACKING SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WILL BRING A PERIOD OF GUSTY EAST WINDS OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AND GIVEN TREES ARE FULLY LEAVED THIS MAY BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-141015- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-130614T1500Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 1010 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ 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
401 WWUS71 KBOX 140819 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...A PERIOD OF GUSTY EXPECTED THROUGH MID DAY... .A LATE SEASON NOREASTER WILL SLIDE EAST OF NANTUCKET THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AND GIVEN TREES ARE FULLY LEAVED THIS MAY BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-141600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-130614T1600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 419 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * LOCATION...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON. * 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... 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:50 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 36 hr | |
| Jun 13, 3:50 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 51 hr | |
| Jun 13, 11:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 7 days |
| Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 68 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.