High Wind Warning
NWS Boston/Norton MA ยท US
Updated
Details
High Wind Warning Now In Effect Until 8 AM EDT Sunday
- Event
- High Wind Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 50 to 60 mph.
Where
The eastern Massachusetts coast as well as the south coasts of both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This includes Cape Cod and the Islands.
When
Until 8 AM EDT Sunday.
Impacts
Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Additional details
The long duration of the winds coupled with heavy rain and fully leafed trees may exacerbate the risk for tree damage and power outages.
Instructions
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
Affected areas
- Eastern Essex
- Suffolk County, MA
- Eastern Norfolk
- Eastern Plymouth
- Southern Bristol
- Southern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Dukes County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
- Bristol
- Washington County, RI
- Newport County, RI
- Block Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CPEKJKF9ATAEKSMTB1ABQW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.27a7e1430901510460e7b12de39f88d7e51d9470.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Boston/Norton MA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBOX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6423
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | HWW |
| NationalWeatherService | HWW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | NPWBOX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS71 KBOX 251630 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KBOX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260927T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c80d5a6cd091393309bdecfe046db2bea6b8fec2.001.1,2026-09-24T13:46:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0533f3a242eea535246ed5e18bc162c41c5f7002.001.2,2026-09-24T12:38:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Essex
- Suffolk County, MA
- Eastern Norfolk
- Eastern Plymouth
- Southern Bristol
- Southern Plymouth
- Barnstable County, MA
- Dukes County, MA
- Nantucket County, MA
- Bristol
- Washington County, RI
- Newport County, RI
- Block Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 025009 |
| SAME | 025021 |
| SAME | 025025 |
| SAME | 025023 |
| SAME | 025005 |
| SAME | 025001 |
| SAME | 025007 |
| SAME | 025019 |
| SAME | 044001 |
| SAME | 044009 |
| SAME | 044005 |
| UGC | MAZ007 |
| UGC | MAZ015 |
| UGC | MAZ016 |
| UGC | MAZ019 |
| UGC | MAZ020 |
| UGC | MAZ021 |
| UGC | MAZ022 |
| UGC | MAZ023 |
| UGC | MAZ024 |
| UGC | RIZ005 |
| UGC | RIZ006 |
| UGC | RIZ007 |
| UGC | RIZ008 |