Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2023
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2023, 7:01 AM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2023, 7:01 AM EST (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2023, 6:39 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 127 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
941 WWUS71 KBOX 261201 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 701 AM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 MAZ022>024-270000- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-230126T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.230126T1201Z-230127T0000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 701 AM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$ MAZ019>021-RIZ002-004>008-261315- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-230126T1400Z/ Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Southeast Providence RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Providence, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 701 AM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Gusty southwest winds will linger into today, but are not expected to be more than 40 mph this morning. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
1 follow-up statement
524 WWUS71 KBOX 262339 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 639 PM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 MAZ022>024-270045- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-230127T0000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 639 PM EST Thu Jan 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph are expected early tonight and are expected to decrease further into the overnight. Hazardous wind gusts are no longer expected. Therefore the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$ Pederson/Loconto 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 26, 3:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 27 min | |
| Jan 26, 4:12 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Jan 26, 5:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 21 days |
| Jan 26, 6:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 60 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.