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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 6, 20255 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2025, 3:23 PM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 7, 2025, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2025, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2025, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2025, 3:39 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-02-06Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

302 
WWUS71 KBOX 062023
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
323 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-071200-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.250207T0900Z-250207T2100Z/
Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-
Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA-
Including the cities of Milford, Worcester, Orange, Barre,
Charlemont, Blandford, Amherst, Fitchburg, Greenfield, Ayer,
Chesterfield, Springfield, and Northampton
323 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts between 40-50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Central and Western Massachusetts east of the Berkshires.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 4 PM EST Friday.

* 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.

&&

$$

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Mensch
2 follow-up statements
887 
WWUS71 KBOX 070850
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
350 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2025

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-072100-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.250207T0900Z-250207T2100Z/
Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-
Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA-
Including the cities of Amherst, Milford, Greenfield, Charlemont,
Ayer, Northampton, Chesterfield, Barre, Springfield, Blandford,
Worcester, Fitchburg, and Orange
350 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Central and Western Massachusetts east of the Berkshires.

* WHEN...Until 4 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

Belk
928 
WWUS71 KBOX 072039
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
339 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2025

MAZ002>004-008>012-026-072145-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-250207T2100Z/
Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-
Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA-
Including the cities of Barre, Worcester, Chesterfield,
Greenfield, Orange, Northampton, Blandford, Milford, Fitchburg,
Ayer, Charlemont, Amherst, and Springfield
339 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

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CM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 2:39 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more36 hr
Feb 6, 4:14 PM ESTGale WarningBOX24 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.