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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 7, 2014Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2014, 3:08 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jan 7, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2014, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 7, 2014, 3:08 PM EST
In force
8 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 08:13 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, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -241 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

621 
WWUS71 KBOX 070808
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
308 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

MAZ022>024-RIZ008-071615-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.140107T1200Z-140108T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND
308 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY 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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
503 
WWUS71 KBOX 072008
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
308 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

MAZ022>024-RIZ008-072115-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140108T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND
308 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WESTERLY WIND GUSTS UP OF AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING AND TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 7:21 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBOXHampshire3 hr
Jan 7, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol93 min
Jan 7, 2:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth90 min
Jan 7, 3:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable, Plymouth87 min
Jan 7, 3:11 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX49 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.