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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 16, 2015Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2015, 4:36 AM EST for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2015, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2015, 6:44 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2015-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2015-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

543 
WWUS71 KBOX 160936
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
436 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

MAZ012-161300-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.150216T0936Z-150216T1300Z/
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER
436 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* LOCATION...HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 12 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$


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1 follow-up statement
114 
WWUS71 KBOX 161144
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
644 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

MAZ012-161245-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150216T1300Z/
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER
644 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH THIS
MORNING...DIMINISHING TOWARDS EVENING.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 8:59 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX19 hr
Feb 16, 3:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket27 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.