Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Warnings in 2019
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind warning at Jan 20, 2019, 11:16 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2019, 11:16 AM EST (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2019, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 12:55 PM EST | FLOOD | Marstons Mills, MA | SANTUIT-NEWTOWN ROAD AT ROUTE 28 PARTIALLY FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL |
| Jan 20, 12:58 PM EST | FLOOD | Mashpee, MA | GREAT NECK ROAD SOUTH FLOODED AND NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL |
| Jan 20, 2:26 PM EST | SNOW 3.4 | Mashpee, MA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
620 WWUS71 KBOX 201616 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1116 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019 MAZ022-024-202000- /O.UPG.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-190120T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0001.190120T1616Z-190120T2000Z/ Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, and Nantucket 1116 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 3 PM EST this afternoon. The Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds early this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. * LOCATION...Cape Cod and Nantucket. 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. && $$ MAZ023-202000- /O.NEW.KBOX.HW.W.0001.190120T1616Z-190120T2000Z/ Dukes MA- Including the city of Vineyard Haven 1116 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 3 PM EST this afternoon. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds early this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. * LOCATION...Marthas Vineyard. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning is issued when sustained winds of 40 mph are expected for at least one hour, with gusts of 58 mph or greater at any time. Damage to trees, power lines, and property are possible with winds of this magnitude. Power outages are likely. Take action to secure loose outdoor objects. && $$ 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
626 WWUS71 KBOX 202018 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 318 PM EST Sun Jan 20 2019 MAZ022>024-202130- /O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-190120T2000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 318 PM EST Sun Jan 20 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:13 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BOX | 50 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:13 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 55 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 47 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 63 min |
| Jan 20, 10:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jan 20, 12:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jan 20, 3:13 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:20 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.