Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2023
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2023, 3:34 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 14, 2023, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2023, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2023, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2023, 6:52 PM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
055 WWUS71 KBOX 140834 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 334 AM EST Sat Jan 14 2023 MAZ019-022>024-142145- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.230115T0400Z-230116T0300Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Plymouth, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 334 AM EST Sat Jan 14 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 PM EST Sunday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
4 follow-up statements
263 WWUS71 KBOX 142036 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 336 PM EST Sat Jan 14 2023 MAZ019-022>024-150945- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.230115T0400Z-230116T0300Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Plymouth, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 336 PM EST Sat Jan 14 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 PM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
022 WWUS71 KBOX 150930 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 430 AM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 MAZ019-022>024-152230- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230116T0300Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Plymouth, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 430 AM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 ...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...Eastern Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 PM EST Sunday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
239 WWUS71 KBOX 151950 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 250 PM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 MAZ019-152100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230116T0300Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA- Including the city of Plymouth 250 PM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Wind gust speeds across South Shore have gusted in the 30 to 40 mph range. Similar gust speeds are expected early tonight and then decrease gradually into the late evening. While still gusty, wind gusts capable of causing damage have ceased. Therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled for eastern Plymouth County. $$ MAZ022>024-160300- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230116T0300Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 250 PM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...Until 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
343 WWUS71 KBOX 152352 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 652 PM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 MAZ022>024-160100- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230116T0300Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 652 PM EST Sun Jan 15 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have decreased and the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 57 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 12 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.