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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 27, 2018Essex County, Massachusetts

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

$$

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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.

$$

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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.