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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:54 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 41 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 24 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.