Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 9, 2015, 3:47 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Nov 11, 2015, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2015, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WWUS71 KBOX 092047 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 347 PM EST MON NOV 9 2015 MAZ007-019-022-024-100500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.151111T0600Z-151111T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 347 PM EST MON NOV 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CAPE ANN...THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHORELINE... CAPE COD...AND NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...1 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN 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...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
7 follow-up statements
005 WWUS71 KBOX 100841 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 341 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 MAZ023-RIZ008-101645- /O.EXA.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.151111T0600Z-151111T2100Z/ DUKES MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...BLOCK ISLAND 341 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...1 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MAZ007-019-022-024-101645- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.151111T0600Z-151111T2100Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...NANTUCKET 341 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CAPE ANN...THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHORELINE... CAPE COD...AND NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...1 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN 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...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
934 WWUS71 KBOX 102051 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 351 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-110500- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.151111T0600Z-151112T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 351 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPE ANN AND NORTH SHORE...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...1 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
531 WWUS71 KBOX 110426 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1126 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-111230- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.151111T0600Z-151112T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 1126 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPE ANN AND NORTH SHORE...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...1 AM TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN 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...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
102 WWUS71 KBOX 110857 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 357 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-111700- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151112T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 357 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CAPE ANN AND NORTH SHORE...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
274 WWUS71 KBOX 111424 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 924 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-112230- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151112T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET... BLOCK ISLAND 924 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CAPE ANN AND NORTH SHORE...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
521 WWUS71 KBOX 112035 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 335 PM EST WED NOV 11 2015 MAZ007-019-022-023-RIZ008-112145- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151112T0000Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...PLYMOUTH...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...BLOCK ISLAND 335 PM EST WED NOV 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MAZ024-120000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151112T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 335 PM EST WED NOV 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CAPE ANN AND NORTH SHORE...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH SHORE...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...BLOCK ISLAND. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ FRANK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
222 WWUS71 KBOX 120000 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 700 PM EST WED NOV 11 2015 MAZ024-120100- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151112T0000Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 700 PM EST WED NOV 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS ON NANTUCKET HAVE DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 4:01 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Nov 9, 3:13 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Nov 9, 3:13 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 55 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.