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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 23, 2020Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2020, 4:53 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 23, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2020, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2020, 3:53 AM EDT
In force
9 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 20:54 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2020-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2020-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WWUS71 KBOX 232053
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
453 PM EDT Mon Mar 23 2020

MAZ022>024-240500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.200323T2300Z-200324T1200Z/
Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket
453 PM EDT Mon Mar 23 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Tuesday morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
3 follow-up statements
393 
WWUS71 KBOX 240206
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1006 PM EDT Mon Mar 23 2020

MAZ022>024-241015-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-200324T1200Z/
Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket
1006 PM EDT Mon Mar 23 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
446 
WWUS71 KBOX 240502
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
102 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2020

MAZ022>024-241200-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-200324T1200Z/
Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket
102 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
436 
WWUS71 KBOX 240753
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
353 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2020

MAZ022>024-240900-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-200324T1200Z/
Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket
353 AM EDT Tue Mar 24 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have diminished below advisory level limits therefore the
Wind Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 4:11 PM EDTGale WarningBOX19 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.