Alert archive / Massachusetts / High Wind Watches in 2024

High Wind Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 8, 20249 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high wind watch at Jan 8, 2024, 2:53 AM EST for 9 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 2:53 AM EST (07:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 3:56 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 8, 1:23 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 1:23 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:09 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jan 7, 9:32 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 7, 10:25 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 7:35 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Jan 8, 2:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Jan 8, 2:57 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 8, 3:50 AM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	5 days
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	40 hr
Jan 8, 3:16 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	33 hr
Jan 8, 3:47 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 6:04 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		40 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Massachusetts, 2024 High Wind Watches in Rhode Island, 2024 High Wind Watches in Connecticut, 2024 Every high wind watch in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.