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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2025, 1:18 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 24, 2025, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2025, 1:18 PM EST (18:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2025, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
727 WWUS71 KBOX 231818 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 118 PM EST Tue Dec 23 2025 MAZ002-008-009-240730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.251224T0800Z-251224T1700Z/ Western Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Including the cities of Chesterfield, Charlemont, and Blandford 118 PM EST Tue Dec 23 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Western Franklin MA, Western Hampden MA, and Western Hampshire MA Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to noon EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MAZ022>024-240730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.251224T1200Z-251224T2000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Falmouth, Nantucket, Vineyard Haven, Chatham, and Provincetown 118 PM EST Tue Dec 23 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 3 PM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/box RM
2 follow-up statements
749 WWUS71 KBOX 240615 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 115 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 MAZ002-008-009-241700- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.251224T0800Z-251224T1700Z/ Western Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Including the cities of Blandford, Chesterfield, and Charlemont 115 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Western Franklin MA, Western Hampden MA, and Western Hampshire MA Counties. * WHEN...Until noon EST today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MAZ022>024-241915- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.251224T1200Z-251224T2000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Chatham, Provincetown, Nantucket, Vineyard Haven, and Falmouth 115 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 3 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/box KP
185 WWUS71 KBOX 241551 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1051 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 MAZ002-008-009-241700- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251224T1700Z/ Western Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Including the cities of Charlemont, Blandford, and Chesterfield 1051 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Strong northwest winds have diminished over the east slopes of The Berkshires, thus the Wind Advisory is cancelled. $$ MAZ022>024-242000- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251224T2000Z/ Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including the cities of Nantucket, Provincetown, Falmouth, Vineyard Haven, and Chatham 1051 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Barnstable MA, Dukes MA, and Nantucket MA Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/box RM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1:02 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 23, 1:17 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 28 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.