Alert archive / Maine / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind warning at Oct 16, 2005, 3:49 AM EDT for 8 counties in New Hampshire; 11 counties in Maine. It took effect at Oct 16, 2005, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2005, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2005, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2005, 3:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KGYX 160749 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 349 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO NEW BRUNSWICK THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS...THE GROUND IN SATURATED AND THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF MANY TREES MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED. IN ADDITION... MANY TREES STILL HAVE LEAVES. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE STRONG WINDS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-162000- /X.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0002.051016T1100Z-051017T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO... FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM... BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW... GARDINER...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER... DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 349 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...COMBINED WITH WET GROUNDS...WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES. $$ HAYES
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KGYX 161423 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1023 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NEW BRUNSWICK THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF MANY TREES MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS KNOCKING THEM OVER. FALLING TREES MAY TAKE DOWN POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AWAY WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-162230- /X.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051017T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO... FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM... BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW... GARDINER...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER... DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1023 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH...COMBINED WITH WET GROUNDS...WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 161939 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 339 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .WEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS BUT WILL CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS BY MIDNIGHT. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-162045- /X.CAN.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051017T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO... FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM... BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW... GARDINER...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER... DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 339 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 250037 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 837 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SECTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE ON TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP THE EAST COAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...WILMA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION INTO AN EXTRA-TROPICAL STORM TUESDAY AS IT TRACKS OUT TO SEA. HOWEVER... SOME ENERGY FROM WILMA WILL BE FED INTO THE DEVELOPING NOREASTER AS IT TRACKS TOWARDS CAPE COD ON TUESDAY AND THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW STRONG THE COASTAL LOW WILL BE AND HOW MUCH ENERGY IT WILL TAP FROM WILMA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGH WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND BEING IMPACTED BY MORE HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS EVENT...ANY WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. MEZ014-018>028-NHZ010-013-014-251000- /X.CON.KGYX.HW.A.0002.051025T1300Z-051025T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON... AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...WALDOBORO... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON... BELFAST...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 837 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SECTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION...FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 250741 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 341 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS COASTAL AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SECTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP THE EAST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...WILMA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION INTO AN EXTRA-TROPICAL STORM TODAY AS IT TRACKS OUT TO SEA. HOWEVER...SOME ENERGY FROM WILMA WILL BE FED INTO THE DEVELOPING EAST COAST STORM AS IT TRACKS TOWARDS CAPE COD TODAY AND THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND BEING IMPACTED BY MORE HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS EVENT...ANY WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. MEZ014-018>028-NHZ010-013-014-251545- /X.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0002.051025T1300Z-051025T2200Z/ /X.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0003.051025T1000Z-051026T0400Z/ SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON... AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...WALDOBORO... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON... BELFAST...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 341 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY WILL GENERATE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND FOLIAGE STILL ON MANY TREES...WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION...FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ MEZ007>009-012-013-NHZ001>009-251545- /X.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0003.051025T1000Z-051026T0400Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO... FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH 341 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST TODAY WILL GENERATE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Maine, 2005High Wind Warnings in New Hampshire, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005
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.