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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 7, 2021Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2021, 3:17 AM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 7, 2021, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2021, 3:17 AM EST (08:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2021, 2:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2021, 9:36 PM EST
In force
8 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 08:19 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

073 
WWUS71 KBOX 070817
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
317 AM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

MAZ024-071630-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.210207T1900Z-210208T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
317 AM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Nantucket MA County.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 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.

&&

$$

Frank

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
3 follow-up statements
320 
WWUS71 KBOX 071611
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1111 AM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

MAZ024-080015-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.210207T1900Z-210208T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
1111 AM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Nantucket MA County.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
449 
WWUS71 KBOX 072107
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
407 PM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

MAZ024-080300-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210208T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
407 PM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Nantucket MA County.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
847 
WWUS71 KBOX 080236
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
936 PM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

MAZ024-080345-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210208T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
936 PM EST Sun Feb 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Northwest winds will continue to gust between 30 and 40 mph
overnight. However, winds have dropped below advisory criteria and
the Wind Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

Frank

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, 4:06 PM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryBOX6 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.