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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2016, 10:13 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2016, 10:13 AM EST (15:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
984 WWUS71 KBOX 291513 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1013 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 MAZ021>024-292315- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.161129T2200Z-161130T0500Z/ SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1013 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE CAPE AND ISLANDS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST OF THOSE WINDS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREE LIMBS AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FRANK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
1 follow-up statement
189 WWUS71 KBOX 291956 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 256 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 MAZ021>024-300400- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.161129T2200Z-161130T0500Z/ SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 256 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE CAPE AND ISLANDS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST OF THOSE WINDS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREE LIMBS AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES... POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FRANK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 10:14 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.