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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 16, 2016Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 6:48 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
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 08:00 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 00:00Z, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
2615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$


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2 follow-up statements
260 
WWUS71 KBOX 161505
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1105 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

MAZ024-162300-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160416T2300Z/
NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET
1105 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...NANTUCKET.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL 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.

&&

$$


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931 
WWUS71 KBOX 162248
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
648 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

MAZ024-170000-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160416T2300Z/
NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NANTUCKET
648 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR NANTUCKET. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA...SO WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEY
WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN THE DAY.

$$

FRANK

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:01 AM EDTRed Flag WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more14 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.