Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2014, 5:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527 WWUS71 KBOX 281831 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 231 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 MAZ018>023-282200- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0010.140328T1831Z-140328T2200Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 231 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LIGHTER ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN ALSO DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...LEADING TO 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
118 WWUS71 KBOX 282158 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 558 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 MAZ018>023-282300- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140328T2200Z/ WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 558 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:38 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 44 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:02 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 52 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.