Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2024
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2024, 3:31 AM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; 4 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Jan 13, 2024, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2024, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2024, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 108 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
138 WWUS71 KBOX 120831 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 331 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 MAZ007-015-016-018>024-RIZ004>008-122145- /O.UPG.KBOX.HW.A.0002.240113T0600Z-240113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.240113T0600Z-240113T1800Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Boston, Quincy, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 331 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and portions of Rhode Island. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 1 PM EST Saturday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
3 follow-up statements
519 WWUS71 KBOX 122014 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 314 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 MAZ007-015-016-018>024-RIZ004>008-130915- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.240113T0600Z-240113T1800Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Boston, Quincy, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 314 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 1 PM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
722 WWUS71 KBOX 130833 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 333 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2024 MAZ007-015-016-018>024-RIZ004>008-131800- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-240113T1800Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA- Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- Block Island RI- Including the cities of Gloucester, Boston, Quincy, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 333 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Coastal and southeast Massachusetts and southern Rhode Island. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EST 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/box
105 WWUS71 KBOX 131500 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1000 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2024 MAZ015-016-018-020-RIZ004>008-131600- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-240113T1800Z/ Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Western Plymouth MA- Southern Bristol MA-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI- Newport RI-Block Island RI- Including the cities of Boston, Quincy, Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 1000 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$ MAZ007-019-021>024-131700- /O.EXT.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-240113T1700Z/ Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Gloucester, Plymouth, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, and Nantucket 1000 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Eastern and Southern Plymouth, Eastern Essex, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties. * WHEN...Until noon EST today. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:17 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 66 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:25 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:25 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 10 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 21 days |
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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.