Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2014, 6:06 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2014, 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2014, 12:54 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054 WWUS71 KBOX 022306 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 606 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 MAZ022>024-030600- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.141102T2306Z-141103T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 606 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TILL 1 AM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREES...AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THESE WINDS. FULLY OR PARTIALLY LEAVED TREES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-030015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141102T2300Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL... NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 606 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...TAPERING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT...REMAINING BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
123 WWUS71 KBOX 030314 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1014 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 MAZ023-030415- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-141103T0600Z/ DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINEYARD HAVEN 1014 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ MAZ022-024-030600- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-141103T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1014 PM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...POWER LINES...TREES...AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THESE WINDS. FULLY OR PARTIALLY LEAVED TREES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
875 WWUS71 KBOX 030554 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1254 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 MAZ022-024-030700- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-141103T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 1254 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. OTHER THAN RESIDUAL SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS PROVINCETOWN...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. THE STRONGER WINDS NEAR PROVINCETOWN SHOULD DIMINISH BY 2 AM. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
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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.