Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2014, 3:38 AM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2014, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2014, 8:38 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 742 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132 WWUS71 KBOX 160838 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 338 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 MAZ022-024-161400- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.140216T0838Z-140216T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 338 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
690 WWUS71 KBOX 161338 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 838 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 MAZ022-024-161445- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140216T1400Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... NANTUCKET 838 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS OF MID MORNING...THEREFORE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GIVEN THE WET NATURE OF LAST NIGHT/S SNOW...A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. $$ FRANK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:28 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 44 hr | |
| Feb 16, 3:52 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 18 hr |
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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.