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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2014, 4:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2014, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 1:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316 WWUS71 KBOX 310820 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 420 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 MAZ022>024-311630- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.140331T1600Z-140401T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 420 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN 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. && $$ MAZ007-311630- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.140331T1500Z-140401T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 420 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE ANN. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ RLG 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
4 follow-up statements
046 WWUS71 KBOX 312034 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 434 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 MAZ007-010200- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 434 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE ANN. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN 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. && $$ MAZ022>024-010445- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 434 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ 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
826 WWUS71 KBOX 312302 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 702 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 MAZ007-010015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLOUCESTER 702 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ MAZ022>024-010715- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 702 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ 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
552 WWUS71 KBOX 010201 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1001 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 MAZ022>024-010900- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1001 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...INCLUDE CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RESULTING IN 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
568 WWUS71 KBOX 010549 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 149 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014 MAZ022>024-010700- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140401T0900Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 149 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECLINE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SUCH THAT WIND GUSTS TO ADVISORY LEVEL ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ 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 31, 12:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 22 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 58 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.