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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2016, 7:06 PM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2016, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
225 WWUS71 KBOX 152306 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 706 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016 MAZ024-160715- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.160416T0800Z-160416T2300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 706 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST OF THE WINDS BEGIN TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. 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. && $$ FRANK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
2 follow-up statements
786 WWUS71 KBOX 160202 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1002 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016 MAZ024-161015- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.160416T0800Z-160416T2300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 1002 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST OF THE WINDS BEGIN AT DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
657 WWUS71 KBOX 160802 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 402 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 MAZ024-161615- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160416T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.160416T1000Z-160416T2300Z/ NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET 402 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NANTUCKET. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BEGIN AT DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. 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/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:02 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 42 hr | |
| Apr 15, 3:04 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 25 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.