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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
- 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
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.