Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2017, 3:01 PM EDT for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2017, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2017, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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 19:00 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 12:00Z, 7.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
551 WWUS71 KBOX 041901 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 301 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 MAZ022-042015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170404T2100Z/ Barnstable MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, and Provincetown 301 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Wind gusts will remain less than 35 mph this evening. $$ MAZ024-042100- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170404T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.170404T1901Z-170404T2100Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 301 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * Location...Nantucket * Winds...Southeast 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Timing...Winds gradually diminish this evening. * Impacts...These winds may result in a few downed trees or tree limbs, and also result in isolated power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph are expected, with gusts between 46 to 57 mph. Winds this strong are capable of downing small tree limbs and branches, possibly causing isolated power outages. Driving can also be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MAZ023-042015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-170404T1900Z/ Dukes MA- Including the city of Vineyard Haven 301 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind gusts will remain less than 35 mph this evening. $$ For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
1 follow-up statement
412 WWUS71 KBOX 042003 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 403 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 MAZ024-042115- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-170404T2100Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 403 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Taunton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. East to northeast wind gusts will continue to diminish less than 40 mph this evening. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 37 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:38 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 59 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.