Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2017, 1:49 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Oct 26, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2017, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2017, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
832 WWUS71 KBOX 261749 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 149 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 MAZ004>007-012>016-026-270200- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.171026T2100Z-171027T0500Z/ Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Northern Middlesex MA- Including the cities of Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, and Ayer 149 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 5 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EDT Friday. * Location...Central and Eastern Massachusetts. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 35 and 45 mph. A brief gust up to 50 mph can not be ruled out. * Timing...After 5 or 6 pm this evening until around midnight. * Impacts...Isolated tree damage will be possible given many trees still fully leafed. This may 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. && $$ Frank For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
3 follow-up statements
547 WWUS71 KBOX 261751 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 151 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 MAZ004>007-012>016-026-270200- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.171026T2100Z-171027T0500Z/ Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Northern Middlesex MA- Including the cities of Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, and Ayer 151 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EDT FRIDAY... * Location...Central and Eastern Massachusetts. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 35 and 45 mph. A brief gust up to 50 mph can not be ruled out. * Timing...After 5 or 6 pm this evening until around 1 AM. * Impacts...Isolated tree damage will be possible given many trees still fully leafed. This may also result in isolated power outages. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph are expected, with gusts between 46 to 57 mph. Winds this strong are capable of downing small tree limbs and branches, possibly causing isolated power outages. Driving can also be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 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
306 WWUS71 KBOX 270132 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 932 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 MAZ004>007-012>016-026-270500- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-171027T0500Z/ Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Northern Middlesex MA- Including the cities of Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, and Ayer 932 PM EDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY... * Location...Central and Eastern Massachusetts. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 35 and 45 mph. A brief gust up to 50 mph can not be ruled out. * Timing...through 1 am. * Impacts...Isolated tree damage will be possible given many trees still fully leafed. This may 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. && $$ For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
622 WWUS71 KBOX 270502 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Taunton MA 102 AM EDT Fri Oct 27 2017 MAZ004>007-012>016-026-270615- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-171027T0500Z/ Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Northern Middlesex MA- Including the cities of Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, and Ayer 102 AM EDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Westerly winds have diminished and no longer pose a threat. Gusts of around 20 to 25 mph will continue into the morning hours, the strongest of which will be along the immediate eastern Massachusetts coastline. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:10 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 22 hr | |
| Oct 26, 3:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Oct 26, 7:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 87 min |
| Oct 26, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 6 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.