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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2020, 11:38 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 80 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2020, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2020, 12:58 PM EST
- In force
- 80 min
- 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 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893 WWUS71 KBOX 251638 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1138 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 MAZ022>024-260000- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-201225T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0033.201225T1638Z-201226T0000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 1138 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * 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. && $$ MAZ007-013>021-RIZ005-007-251745- /O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-201225T2100Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA- Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Bristol RI-Newport RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Bristol, and Newport 1138 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... Winds have weakened below High Wind criteria. $$ CTZ004-MAZ005-006-012-RIZ001>004-006-008-251745- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-201225T2200Z/ Windham CT-Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA- Southern Worcester MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI- Washington RI-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Putnam, Willimantic, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Milford, Worcester, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Narragansett, Westerly, and New Shoreham 1138 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have weakened below Wind Advisory criteria. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
1 follow-up statement
855 WWUS71 KBOX 251758 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1258 PM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 MAZ022>024-251900- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-201226T0000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 1258 PM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have weakened below Advisory criteria. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 56 min |
| Dec 25, 8:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 10 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Plymouth | 62 min |
| Dec 25, 10:02 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 10:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 95 min |
| Dec 25, 11:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 17 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 47 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 16 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 4 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.