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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 7, 2020Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2020, 9:36 PM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2020, 9:36 PM EST (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 8, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-02-08Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -158 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194Sfc1 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
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

281 
WWUS71 KBOX 080236
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
936 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

MAZ024-080600-
/O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200208T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.200208T0236Z-200208T0600Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
936 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Nantucket MA County.

* WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Saturday.

* 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.

&&

$$

MAZ022-023-RIZ008-080345-
/O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200208T0300Z/
Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
Vineyard Haven, and New Shoreham
936 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Gusty west winds up to 35 mph will continue to diminish 
overnight.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-009-011>021-RIZ001>007-080345-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200208T0300Z/
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Central Middlesex MA-
Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampden MA-
Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester 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-Northwest Providence RI-
Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-
Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon, 
Putnam, Willimantic, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, 
Blandford, Springfield, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, 
Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, 
Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Foster, Smithfield, 
Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, 
West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport
936 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Gusty west winds up to 35 mph will continue to diminish 
overnight.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
1 follow-up statement
850 
WWUS71 KBOX 080558
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1258 AM EST Sat Feb 8 2020

MAZ024-080700-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-200208T0600Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
1258 AM EST Sat Feb 8 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

West wind gusts will continue to diminish less than 35 mph
overnight. 

$$

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
Feb 7, 9:38 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX34 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.