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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 18, 2024Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2024, 2:54 AM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2024, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2024, 8:57 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2024-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2024-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -73 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WWUS71 KBOX 180754
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
254 AM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

MAZ024-182100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.240218T1800Z-240219T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
254 AM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Nantucket County.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 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
2 follow-up statements
752 
WWUS71 KBOX 182001
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
301 PM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

MAZ024-190300-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-240219T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
301 PM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Nantucket County.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 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
314 
WWUS71 KBOX 190157
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
857 PM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

MAZ024-190300-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-240219T0300Z/
Nantucket MA-
Including the city of Nantucket
857 PM EST Sun Feb 18 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box

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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.