Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2017, 9:22 PM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2017, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 01:24 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, 1.4 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
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
720 WWUS71 KBOX 200122 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 922 PM EDT Sun Mar 19 2017 MAZ024-200400- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170320T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.170320T0122Z-170320T0400Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 922 PM EDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until midnight EDT tonight. The High Wind Warning has been cancelled. * Locations...include Nantucket * Winds...North 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds through the evening hours gradually diminishing after midnight. * Impacts...A few downed tree limbs possibly resulting in 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. && $$ MAZ022-023-200230- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170320T0600Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, and Vineyard Haven 922 PM EDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have dropped below wind advisory criteria of 31 mph sustained or 46 mph gust. An isolated strong gust or sustained wind is possible towards midnight, concluding thereafter. $$ 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
2 follow-up statements
393 WWUS71 KBOX 200343 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 1143 PM EDT Sun Mar 19 2017 MAZ024-200600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170320T0600Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 1143 PM EDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY... * Locations...include Nantucket * Winds...North 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds through 2 am diminishing thereafter. * Impacts...A few downed tree limbs possibly resulting in 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. && $$ For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
420 WWUS71 KBOX 200602 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 202 AM EDT Mon Mar 20 2017 MAZ024-200715- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170320T0600Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 202 AM EDT Mon Mar 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have dropped below wind advisory criteria of 31 mph sustained or 46 mph gust. An isolated strong gust or sustained wind is possible across Nantucket into the early morning hours. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 24 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.