Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Oct 27, 2018, 10:03 PM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2018, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Essex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
732 WWUS71 KBOX 280203 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1003 PM EDT Sat Oct 27 2018 MAZ007-280400- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-181028T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0010.181028T0203Z-181028T0400Z/ Eastern Essex MA- Including the city of Gloucester 1003 PM EDT Sat Oct 27 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until midnight EDT tonight. * WINDS...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * TIMING...Through midnight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * LOCATION...Coastal Essex County with a particular focus on Cape Ann. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning is issued when sustained winds of 40 mph are expected for at least one hour, with gusts of 58 mph or greater at any time. Damage to trees, power lines, and property are possible with winds of this magnitude. Power outages are likely. Take action to secure loose outdoor objects. && $$ MAZ005-006-014>016-280315- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-181028T0200Z/ Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Southeast Middlesex MA- Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Including the cities of Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Cambridge, Boston, and Quincy 1003 PM EDT Sat Oct 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to diminish overnight. $$ 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
266 WWUS71 KBOX 280401 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1201 AM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 MAZ007-280515- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-181028T0400Z/ Eastern Essex MA- Including the city of Gloucester 1201 AM EDT Sun Oct 28 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to diminish this morning. The risk for further significant damage has ended. $$ 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
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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.