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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 16, 2022Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Aug 16, 2022, 3:14 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Aug 17, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2022, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2022, 2:18 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-16Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

199 
WWUS71 KBOX 161914
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
314 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022

MAZ022-024-170815-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.220817T0400Z-220817T1900Z/
Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
and Nantucket
314 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 3 PM EDT Wednesday.

* 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
1 follow-up statement
642 
WWUS71 KBOX 170618
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
218 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

MAZ022-024-171900-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-220817T1900Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0014.220817T1000Z-220817T1900Z/
Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, 
and Nantucket
218 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Barnstable MA and Nantucket MA Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 AM this morning to 3 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.

&&

$$

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
Aug 16, 2:54 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk41 hr
Aug 16, 3:34 PM EDTGale WarningBOX24 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.