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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 14, 2016Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 14, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
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 19:08 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, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

352 
WWUS71 KBOX 141908
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
308 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

MAZ022>024-150315-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.160315T0300Z-160315T1500Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
308 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
EDT TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD.

* WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN A
  FEW POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND OTHER
  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.

&&

$$

SIPPRELL


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2 follow-up statements
298 
WWUS71 KBOX 150754
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
354 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

MAZ022>024-151500-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160315T1500Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
354 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...INCLUDE CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD.

* WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN 
  A FEW POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS AND 
  OTHER 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.

&&

$$


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909 
WWUS71 KBOX 151510
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1110 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

MAZ022>024-151615-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160315T1500Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
1110 AM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. GUSTS OF AROUND
30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE ADVISED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF. 

$$

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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.