Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 19 hr |
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.