Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2020, 9:46 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2020, 9:46 AM EST (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2020, 2:00 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 14:50 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 12:00Z, 2.8 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
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
897 WWUS71 KBOX 071446 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 946 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 MAZ022>024-071900- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200307T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0010.200307T1446Z-200307T1900Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 946 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MAZ007-016-018-019-021-RIZ008-071600- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-200307T1700Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Western Plymouth MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Quincy, Brockton, Plymouth, Mattapoisett, and New Shoreham 946 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
1 follow-up statement
447 WWUS71 KBOX 071903 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 203 PM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 MAZ022>024-072015- /O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-200307T1900Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 203 PM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.