Alert archive / Maine / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2006, 3:51 PM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 10:32 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2006, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2006, 10:32 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2006, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 20:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:50 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bristol, NH | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sunapee, NH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ONE TREE ON HOUSE. |
| Feb 17, 1:38 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bath, ME | |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bristol, NH | SEVERAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS BLOW DOWN. |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Plymouth, NH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 17, 2:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cumberland, ME | TREES DOWN RT 100 AND MORSE ROAD. |
| Feb 17, 3:13 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Gray, ME | |
| Feb 17, 3:49 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hanover, ME | TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 123 |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Phippsburg, ME | PEAK WIND GUST OF 60 MPH. |
| Feb 17, 5:05 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Saco, ME | PEAK WIND GUST OF 57 MPH. |
| Feb 17, 5:23 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | York, ME | 23 OF 29 TOWNS IN YORK COUNTY WITH MAJOR POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 17, 5:57 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Laconia, NH | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. ROOFS DAMAGED...SOME BLOWN OFF. |
| Feb 17, 7:51 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Henniker, NH | 22 TREES DOWN AND MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 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 162051 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 351 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT...MARKING THE LEADING EDGE OF MUCH COLDER WEATHER...WILL CROSS WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FRIDAY MORNING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE...AND GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME...THE FRONT WILL EXPECTED TO CROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...EXITING CENTRAL MAINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST...AND INCREASE TO SUSTAINED VALUES OF 25 TO 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 65 MPH. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS ON FRIDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-171000- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0002.060217T1700Z-060218T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0002.060217T1700Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 351 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HAYES
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KGYX 170130 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 830 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT...MARKING THE LEADING EDGE OF MUCH COLDER WEATHER...WILL CROSS WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS THIS FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FRIDAY MORNING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE...AND GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN EXITING CENTRAL MAINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE FRONT PASSES WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ...WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS ON FRIDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-171000- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.060217T1700Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 830 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS STRONG AS 65 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 170816 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 316 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS THIS FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ...WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS ON FRIDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-171630- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.060217T1700Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 316 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS STRONG AS 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 171407 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 907 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS THIS FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOUTH WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AROUND NOON...SWEEPING EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT CENTRAL MAINE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR AS THE FRONT PASSES. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIDESPREAD POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT. THE RAPID CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES...EXACERBATED BY THE WIND...MAY BE MADE WORSE IF POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPERIENCED. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-172215- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.060217T1700Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 907 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS STRONG AS 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HAYES
000 WWUS71 KGYX 171532 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1032 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AS THIS FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOUTH WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AROUND NOON...SWEEPING EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT CENTRAL MAINE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR AS THE FRONT PASSES. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIDESPREAD POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT. THE RAPID CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES...EXACERBATED BY THE WIND...MAY BE MADE WORSE IF POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPERIENCED. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-172345- /O.EXT.KGYX.HW.W.0002.060217T1532Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 1032 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS STRONG AS 70 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FRIDAY NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HAYES
000 WWUS71 KGYX 172035 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 335 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL EXIT CENTRAL MAINE THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST IN ALL LOCATIONS AS OF 300 PM. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN SOME LOCATIONS...WINDS ARE NOW GUSTING ABOVE 50 MPH IN MANY PLACES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. A PEAK WIND OF 63 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT THE FORECAST OFFICE GRAY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 70 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN MAINE. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR RUSHING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...ALONG WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET... FOR THE LATEST ON THE HIGH WINDS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-180300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060218T0300Z/ 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 335 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS STRONG AS 70 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ HAYES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 16, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
237 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...
STRONG WINDS FRIDAY WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER STORY THROUGH THIS
PERIOD...FOLLOWED BY SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES.
CURRENTLY...THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FAR
NORTHERN ZONES. OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ZONES...CLOSER TO THE 850 MB FRONT. SOUTH OF THIS...
CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY CLEAR WITH VERY MILD TEMPERATURES UNDER
MAINLY FULL SUN.
FOR TONIGHT...THE BIG FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE PRECIPITATION TYPE.
THE COLUMN REMAINS COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES
THIS EVENING...BUT THE STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL CUT SNOW
GROWTH POTENTIAL THIS EVENING...AND THE COLUMN BECOMES TOO WARM
FOR SNOW AFTER THAT. WITH THE LOW LEVELS STILL COLD...LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE-
QUARTER OF AN INCH. FOR THIS REASON...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE MIXED PRECIPITATION FOR MUCH OF THE
MOUNTAIN ZONES FOR TONIGHT.
ELSEWHERE...THE AIRMASS WILL MOISTEN WITH TIME IN RESPONSE TO THE
WARM AIR ADVECTION...BUT WILL LIMIT THE MENTION OF RAIN TO THE
NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT...AND PERHAPS SOME DRIZZLE FURTHER SOUTH.
LOWS WILL PROBABLY BE REACHED THIS EVENING WITH THE LACK OF CLOUD
COVER MOST PLACES...AND OVERALL THE WARMER GFS MOS NUMBERS WERE
PREFERRED.
THE INVERSION REMAINS IN PLACE DESPITE THE APPROACH OF THE VERY
STRONG SHORT WAVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ONCE AGAIN...THE BEST
CHANCE OF MORNING PRECIPITATION WILL BE FURTHER NORTH...CLOSER TO
THE FRONT ALOFT. HOWEVER...WITH INCREASING MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD AND WITH THE FRONT. FAVORED THE GFS
PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THIS REGARD.
THE INVERSION WILL START TO WEAKEN WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT
AND SHORT WAVE. RIGHT NOW...EXPECT THE FRONT TO CROSS THE REGION
BETWEEN NOON AND 500 PM FROM WEST TO EAST. JUST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...THE SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY PUNCH THROUGH IN PLACES AND GUST TO
45 MPH OR SO...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
HOWEVER...IN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THE INVERSION COLLAPSES AS
THE MIXED LAYER INCREASES SHARPLY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A
NEARLY VERTICAL POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE IN THE FRONTAL
ZONE...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM
TRANSFER. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE BETWEEN 60 AND 75 KNOTS OF WIND
WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER...WITH THE HIGHEST
WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THIS REASON...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE
THE HIGH WIND WARNING WITH THIS PACKAGE.
AS THE FRONT PASSES AND HEIGHTS CRASH...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW SHOWERS AS MOST PLACES SEE TEMPERATURES DROP 20 DEGREES
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS COULD RESULT IN A COUPLE OF INCHES
OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THIS PASSAGE. HIGHS SHOULD OCCUR
JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH A SHARP DROP AFTERWARD. 850 MB
TEMPERATURES NEAR 8 DEGREES CELSIUS FAVOR THE WARMER GFS MOS
NUMBERS FOR HIGHS FRIDAY...EVEN WITH THE CLOUDS.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS THE
BEST COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF
SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH STRONG INSTABILITY AND AND
UPSLOPE COMPONENT...DESPITE THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE. WILL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST ELSEWHERE...AND DOWNSLOPE
AREAS SHOULD CLEAR FOR TIME. THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SHOT OF COLD
AIR AND ARCTIC FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT FOR NOW
WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF SNOW SHOWERS OUT WITH THIS FEATURE. USED
A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS FOR LOWS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BECOME AN
ISSUE...BUT WILL NOT DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
&&
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
THIS WEEKEND WILL LIKELY BE THE COLDEST OF THE WINTER SEASON. AN
ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY
MORNING...BRINGING IN BITTERLY COLD AIR TO MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE. GUSTY NW WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS DURING THE DAY TO
DROP WELL BELOW ZERO. OUTSIDE OF LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE
ARCTIC FRONT SATURDAY MORNING...THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH
PARTY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
A RATHER UNEVENTFUL PATTERN SETS UP FOR NEXT WEEK...WITH THE ONLY
SIGNIFICANT LOW FORECAST TO GO SOUTH AND OUT TO SEA MONDAY NIGHT.
THE ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEAR THE FORECAST
AREA...RESULTING IN SOME FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURES...BUT OVERALL
EXPECT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH GENERALLY
DRY CONDITIONS. THE 00Z GFS/GEM SHOW LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH
THE GULF OF MAINE THURSDAY...HOWEVER THE 12Z RUN BACKS OFF ON
THIS. FOR NOW...IT/S WORTH A CHANCE MENTION...BUT THAT/S ABOUT IT.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 03Z OR 04Z FRIDAY.
AFTER THIS...MOISTURE UNDER THE DEVELOPING WARM AIR ADVECTION
INDUCED INVERSION SHOULD RESULT IN MVFR CEILINGS. AS THE WARM AIR
ADVECTION PEAKS LATE TONIGHT...MVFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG AND IFR
CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED.
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOPING BETWEEN 06Z
AND 08Z FRIDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS FRIDAY.
THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM 17Z WEST TO 22Z EAST...WITH
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE JUST AHEAD OF AND WITH THE FRONT.
&&
.MARINE...
IN THE SHORT TERM...AS THE FRONT REMAINS NORTH OF THE WATERS
TONIGHT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY SOUTH
LATER TONIGHT. AS THE GRADIENT INCREASES...WINDS WILL JUMP INTO
THE SMALL CRAFT RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH GALE GUSTS POSSIBLE AT
THE C MAN STATIONS TOWARD DAYBREAK.
THE INVERSION SHOULD KEEP WINDS IN THE LOWER GALE RANGE AHEAD OF
THE FRONT FRIDAY. THE BREAKING INVERSION AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
ALLOW THE MOMENTUM TO WORK DOWN...WITH WINDS GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...A FEW HOURS OF STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE INTENSE COLD AIR ADVECTION. AFTER THIS...WINDS
WILL START TO LULL AHEAD OF THE ARCTIC FRONT SATURDAY MORNING.
IN THE LONG TERM...EXPECT GALES TO LAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY THAT NIGHT...WITH THE
COMBINATION OF WINDS/COLD TEMPERATURES.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MEZ007>009 FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 8
AM FRIDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028 FROM NOON
FRIDAY TO 10 PM FRIDAY.
NH...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NHZ001>010-013-014 FROM NOON FRIDAY TO
10 PM FRIDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NHZ001 FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 8 AM
FRIDAY.
MARINE...STORM WARNING FOR ANZ150 FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM FRIDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM: HAYES
LONG TERM: APFFELHazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:07 AM EST, 12 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 307 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-170815- 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- 307 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE... CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY. BY AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 60 MPH ACROSS WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. THEREFORE...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. EXPECT POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS. ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS...A STORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST | High Wind Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.