Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2018, 7:06 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2018, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978 WWUS71 KBOX 032306 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 706 PM EDT Sat Nov 3 2018 MAZ022-024-040200- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-181104T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0023.181103T2306Z-181104T0200Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, and Nantucket 706 PM EDT Sat Nov 3 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 10 PM EDT this evening. The High Wind Warning has been cancelled. * WINDS...West 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Through 10 pm this evening. * IMPACTS...Isolated tree damage and isolated power outages remain possible this evening. * LOCATION...The outer portion of Cape Cod and Nantucket. 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. && $$ MAZ004>007-012>016-023-026-RIZ008-040015- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-181104T0000Z/ Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Eastern Essex MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Dukes MA- Northern Middlesex MA-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Vineyard Haven, Ayer, and New Shoreham 706 PM EDT Sat Nov 3 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has cancelled the High Wind Warning. While it will remain windy for another couple hours...winds have diminished below wind headline criteria. Therefore...the high wind warning has been cancelled. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ002-003-008>011-017>021-RIZ001>007-040015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-181104T0000Z/ Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI- Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon, Putnam, Willimantic, Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Chesterfield, Blandford, Amherst, Northampton, Springfield, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport 706 PM EDT Sat Nov 3 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. While it will remain breezy for another couple hours...winds have diminished below wind advisory criteria. Therefore...the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 7 hr |
| Nov 3, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Nov 3, 5:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 3, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 27 min |
| Nov 3, 9:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 9 hr |
| Nov 3, 10:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 3 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 29 min |
| Nov 3, 3:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 22 hr |
| Nov 3, 6:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 12 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.