Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Watches in 2015
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind watch at Jan 25, 2015, 3:57 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2015, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2015, 3:59 PM EST
- In force
- 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 08:58 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 132 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WWUS71 KBOX 250857 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 357 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS... MAZ022>024-251700- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.A.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 357 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...POWERFUL WINDS MAY 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 WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MENTIONED AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && $$ FRANK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
884 WWUS71 KBOX 252059 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS NANTUCKET... MAZ022-023-252200- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.A.0002.150127T0000Z-150128T0600Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN 359 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS ARE COVERED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ 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
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, 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, 3:59 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 57 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:19 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 39 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.