Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Jan 25, 2015, 3:59 PM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 15 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2015, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2015, 12:40 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 9:59 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 26, 10:04 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 26, 10:56 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 51 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 26, 11:01 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 26, 11:27 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | Nantucket, MA | HAM RADIO |
| Jan 26, 11:38 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | Nantucket, MA | HAM RADIO |
| Jan 27, 12:19 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 27, 12:44 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | Nantucket, MA | HAM RADIO |
| Jan 27, 12:45 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 27, 12:46 AM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 55 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 27, 5:10 AM EST | COASTAL FLOOD | Nantucket, MA | BROAD ST FROM EASY ST TO SOUTH WATER ST AND SOUTH BEACH ST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. PARTS OF BRANT POINT FLOODED AS WELL. 3.5 FEET OF WATER IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF NANTUCKET. |
| Jan 27, 5:10 AM EST | COASTAL FLOOD | Nantucket, MA | FRANCIS STREET AT UNION STREET...WASHINGTON STREET FROM COMMERCIAL STREET AND EASY STREET ALL CLOSED DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING. |
| Jan 27, 5:35 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 27, 6:09 AM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 59 | 2 Ese Nantucket, MA | |
| Jan 27, 10:06 AM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Nantucket, MA | NOS NTKM3 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884 WWUS71 KBOX 252059 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ022-023-252200- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.A.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 359 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS ARE COVERED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ MAZ024-260500- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 359 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 TO 80 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 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
7 follow-up statements
036 WWUS71 KBOX 260300 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1000 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ024-261100- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1000 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
351 WWUS71 KBOX 260855 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 355 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ024-261700- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 355 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 TO 80 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 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
629 WWUS71 KBOX 270332 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1032 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ024-271145- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1032 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM ABOUT 1 AM TO 7 AM EARLY TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ NOCERA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
676 WWUS71 KBOX 270939 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 439 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS LIKELY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ024-271745- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 439 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH ABOUNT MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 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
441 WWUS71 KBOX 271511 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1011 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NANTUCKET THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... MAZ024-272315- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1011 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING SOME THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF HEAVY WET SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
884 WWUS71 KBOX 272052 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 352 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...DAMAGING WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... MAZ024-280500- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 352 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ FRANK 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
027 WWUS71 KBOX 280540 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1240 AM EST WED JAN 28 2015 MAZ024-280645- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1240 AM EST WED JAN 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:52 AM EST | Blizzard Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:57 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:07 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:11 AM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:47 PM EST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | BOX | 45 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:47 PM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 54 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:58 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 5 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:19 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2015Every high wind warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.