Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
- 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
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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
503 WWUS71 KBOX 072008 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 308 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 MAZ022>024-RIZ008-072115- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140108T0000Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND 308 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WESTERLY WIND GUSTS UP OF AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING AND TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 93 min |
| Jan 7, 2:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 90 min |
| Jan 7, 3:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Plymouth | 87 min |
| Jan 7, 3:11 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 49 hr |
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.