Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2014, 4:32 AM EDT for 5 counties in Rhode Island; 10 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2014, 4:32 AM EDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WWUS71 KBOX 150832 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 432 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-151645- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.140415T1600Z-140416T0400Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 432 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 POSSIBLE AT TIMES. STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN OR IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS...SMALL TREES AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF 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
4 follow-up statements
724 WWUS71 KBOX 151404 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1004 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-152215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.140415T1600Z-140416T0400Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1004 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY WITH HEAVY RAIN OR IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS...SMALL TREES AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF 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
759 WWUS71 KBOX 151921 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 321 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... MAZ004>007-012>024-026-RIZ001>008-160330- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 321 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...OUT OF THE SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY WITH HEAVY RAIN PRESENTLY ONGOING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWERLINES...AND PERHAPS RESULT IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EXPECT 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
521 WWUS71 KBOX 160306 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1106 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 MAZ004>007-012>021-026-RIZ001>008-160415- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1106 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST...THE THREAT FOR STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR MAY OCCUR...MOST SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40. $$ MAZ022>024-160600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140416T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1106 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS...POWERLINES...AND PERHAPS RESULT IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EXPECT 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
042 WWUS71 KBOX 160609 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 209 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 MAZ022>024-160715- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140416T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 209 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NOW THAT WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NW...WIND GUSTS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 112 min |
| Apr 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 57 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 4 days |
| Apr 15, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 4 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2014Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 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.