Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2016, 2:46 AM EST for 9 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Feb 16, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr. 36 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 2:46 AM EST (07:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:56 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Ssw Milton, MA | MQE ASOS |
| Feb 16, 3:56 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Ssw Milton, MA | |
| Feb 16, 4:12 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | Milton, MA | BHO DAVIS |
| Feb 16, 4:12 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | Blue Hills, MA | BHO ANEMOMETER |
| Feb 16, 4:12 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Milton, MA | BHO 420C |
| Feb 16, 4:16 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ssw Milton, MA | BLUE HILL NON ASOS ANEMOMETER |
| Feb 16, 4:16 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Blue Hills, MA | BHO DAVIS |
| Feb 16, 4:32 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | South Kingstown, RI | TREE AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 16, 4:36 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Westport, MA | TREE DOWN ON PINE HILL ROAD AND HORSENECK ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 4:37 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Warwick, RI | LARGE TREE DOWN ON OAKLAND BEACH AVENUE. |
| Feb 16, 4:50 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES NEAR ROCKY HILL ROAD AND HOMESTEAD ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 4:50 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | South Kingstown, RI | 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON MOORSEFIELD ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 4:51 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fall River, MA | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
| Feb 16, 4:57 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Newport, RI | TREE DOWN ON MULTIPLE CARS AND GRAZING A HOUSE ON DRESSER STREET. THE ROAD IS CLOSED. |
| Feb 16, 5:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | North Providence, RI | TREE LIMB DOWN ON CAR ON MINERAL SPRING AVENUE. |
| Feb 16, 5:03 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | POWER LINES DOWN BLOCKING HALF OF HOMESTEAD STREET. |
| Feb 16, 5:03 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON REED STREET CAUSING A POWER OUTAGE. |
| Feb 16, 5:07 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Boston, MA | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
| Feb 16, 5:08 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Fairhaven, MA | HAM RADIO |
| Feb 16, 5:08 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Taunton, MA | TREE DOWN ON HART AND PLAIN STREETS. |
| Feb 16, 5:10 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 3 Ssw Milton, MA | MQE ASOS |
| Feb 16, 5:10 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 3 Ssw Milton, MA | |
| Feb 16, 5:10 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Taunton, MA | LIMB DOWN ON CAR ON LINDEN STREET. |
| Feb 16, 5:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dartmouth, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON POTOMSKA ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 5:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Smithfield, RI | *** 1 INJ *** TREE DOWN ON CAR AT ROUTE 7 AND BRYANT UNIVERSITY - 1 MINOR INJURY TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. |
| Feb 16, 5:18 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Swansea, MA | WIRES DOWN ON ALLEN BOULEVARD. |
| Feb 16, 5:18 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Swansea, MA | WIRES DOWN ON ALLEN BOULEVARD. TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON HILTON LANE. |
| Feb 16, 5:37 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wellesley, MA | POLE AND WIRES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF LINDEN STREET AND UPWEY ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 5:43 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Medfield, MA | PRIMARY WIRES DOWN ON ROLLING LANE. |
| Feb 16, 5:48 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Barnstable, MA | LIVE HIGH TENSION WIRES DOWN ON A CAR. |
| Feb 16, 5:51 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Duxbury, MA | WIRES DOWN ON CARR ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 5:51 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Plymouth, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES...DAMAGING A POWER POLE ON RIVER STREET AT CLIFFORD ROAD. |
| Feb 16, 5:59 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lakeville, MA | TREE DOWN ON KINGMAN STREET BLOCKING ONE LANE. |
| Feb 16, 6:05 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fall River, MA | TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN ON MONTUP STREET. SCATTERED TREES AND WIRES WERE DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. |
| Feb 16, 6:06 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Attleboro, MA | WIRES DOWN ON WASHINGTON STREET...CAUSING A STRUCTURE FIRE. |
| Feb 16, 6:26 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sudbury, MA | POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ON HUDSON ROAD CLOSING ONE LANE AT BABEL RUTH DRIVE. |
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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 630 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
302 WWUS71 KBOX 160746 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 MAZ007-013>024-RIZ002>008-161600- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0003.160216T1800Z-160217T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0003.160216T1800Z-160217T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE REGION. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ RIZ001-161600- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0003.160216T1800Z-160217T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE REGION. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-161600- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.160216T1800Z-160217T0000Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 246 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE REGION. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAY BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY LOSE POWER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WINDS THAT CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
4 follow-up statements
862 WWUS71 KBOX 161558 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1058 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 MAZ007-013>024-RIZ001>008-170000- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0003.160216T1800Z-160217T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1058 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE REGION. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-170000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.160216T1800Z-160217T0000Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 1058 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHEN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES THE REGION. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAY BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY LOSE POWER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WINDS THAT CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
625 WWUS71 KBOX 162123 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 MAZ007-013>024-RIZ001>008-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 423 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITHIN THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AS IT CROSSES THE REGION THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-170000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160217T0000Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 423 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITHIN THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AS IT CROSSES THE REGION THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAY BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY LOSE POWER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WINDS THAT CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
472 WWUS71 KBOX 162353 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 653 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-170100- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160217T0000Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...MILFORD...WORCESTER 653 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO APPROACH 45 MPH. $$ MAZ007-013>024-RIZ001>008-170300- /O.CON.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 653 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS HAVE JUST PASSED. GUSTY WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED FOR WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD BRING DOWN LARGE BRANCHES...OR EVEN TREES AND POWER LINES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
892 WWUS71 KBOX 170303 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1003 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 MAZ007-013>024-RIZ001>008-170415- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160217T0300Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT... WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1003 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING. THERE WILL STILL BE GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 16 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 3:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 5:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Massachusetts, 2016High Wind Warnings in Rhode Island, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.