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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
- 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
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. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/box Mensch
2 follow-up statements
887 WWUS71 KBOX 070850 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 350 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2025 MAZ002>004-008>012-026-072100- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0004.250207T0900Z-250207T2100Z/ Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA- Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA- Including the cities of Amherst, Milford, Greenfield, Charlemont, Ayer, Northampton, Chesterfield, Barre, Springfield, Blandford, Worcester, Fitchburg, and Orange 350 AM EST Fri Feb 7 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Central and Western Massachusetts east of the Berkshires. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 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... $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/box CM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:14 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 24 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.