Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 30, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2018, 9:03 AM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2018, 9:03 AM EST (14:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2018, 11:59 AM EST
- 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 14:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
209 WWUS71 KBOX 161403 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 903 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 MAZ022-024-161700- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-181116T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0030.181116T1403Z-181116T1700Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, and Nantucket 903 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until noon EST today. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 30 mph with gusts between 40 and 50 mph. * TIMING...This morning with diminishing winds this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may result in isolated downed trees and isolated power outages. * LOCATION...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. && $$ MAZ023-RIZ008-161515- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-181116T1400Z/ Dukes MA-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Vineyard Haven and New Shoreham 903 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Strong to damaging winds have diminished. $$ MAZ007-014>016-019>021-RIZ006-007-161515- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-181116T1500Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA- Eastern Norfolk MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Washington RI-Newport RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport 903 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Strong winds have diminished. $$ Frank For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
1 follow-up statement
527 WWUS71 KBOX 161659 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1159 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 MAZ022-024-161800- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-181116T1700Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, and Nantucket 1159 AM EST Fri Nov 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have diminished below advisory criteria...therefore the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$ 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 16, 2:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 10 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.