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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 16, 2021Essex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2021, 3:42 AM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 16, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2021, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Essex County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2021-04-16Temperature 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2021-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

382 
WWUS71 KBOX 160742
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
342 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

MAZ007-162000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.210416T1200Z-210416T2000Z/
Eastern Essex MA-
Including the city of Gloucester
342 AM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Eastern Essex MA County.

* WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 4 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$

Frank

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2 follow-up statements
685 
WWUS71 KBOX 161938
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
338 PM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

MAZ007-162300-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-210416T2300Z/
Eastern Essex MA-
Including the city of Gloucester
338 PM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Eastern Essex MA County.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
248 
WWUS71 KBOX 162259
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
659 PM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

MAZ007-170000-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-210416T2300Z/
Eastern Essex MA-
Including the city of Gloucester
659 PM EDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

Gusty winds will continue to diminish as low pressure lifts
offshore, therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box

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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.