Alert archive / Maine / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind warning at Oct 27, 2006, 3:23 PM EDT for 8 counties in New Hampshire; 11 counties in Maine. It took effect at Oct 28, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 11 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
- Oct 27, 2006, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2:56 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Boothbay, ME | LOTS OF BRANCHES DOWN |
| Oct 28, 3:55 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kennebunkport, ME | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 1 |
| Oct 28, 4:20 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Saco, ME | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. ALSO IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH |
| Oct 28, 4:40 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sunapee, NH | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| Oct 28, 5:38 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Whitefield, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN. RELAYED BY WFO CAR. |
| Oct 28, 6:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yarmouth, ME | TREES DOWN ON WIRES ON EAST MAIN ST. |
| Oct 28, 7:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brunswick, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Oct 28, 8:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Farmington, ME | TEMPLE STREAM IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. CLOVER MILLS ROAD IS CLOSED |
| Oct 28, 9:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Camden, ME | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Oct 28, 9:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | Wilton, ME | WILSON STREAM IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND INTO A NEARBY FIELD |
| Oct 28, 11:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 40 Nne Jackman, ME | TREES DOWN AT TURNER POND |
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, 7.4 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 271923 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 323 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SATURDAY... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON SATURDAY THEN TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS BLOWING IN FROM THE OCEAN COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-280300- /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1500Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 323 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE, TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-280300- /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1700Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 323 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE, TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-280300- /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1900Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 323 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE, TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ SJC
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KGYX 272043 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 443 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SATURDAY... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON SATURDAY THEN TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS BLOWING IN FROM THE OCEAN COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-280445- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1500Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 443 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-280445- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1700Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 443 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-280445- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1900Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 443 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 280114 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 914 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SATURDAY... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON SATURDAY THEN TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS BLOWING IN FROM THE OCEAN COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-280915- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1500Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 914 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-280915- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1700Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 914 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-280915- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1900Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 914 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON SATURDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE... TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 280815 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 415 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SATURDAY... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY...THEN TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS BLOWING IN FROM THE OCEAN COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-281615- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1500Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 415 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH BY MIDDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-281615- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1700Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 415 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-281615- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1900Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 415 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KGYX 281346 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 946 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM OVER PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH INTO NEW YORK STATE TONIGHT...THEN INTO QUEBEC SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO HE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE TONIGHT...A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-282230- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1500Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 946 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-282230- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1700Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 946 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-282230- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.061028T1900Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 946 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ HAYES
000 WWUS71 KGYX 281950 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 350 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM OVER EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT...REACHING QUEBEC SUNDAY. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AS WELL AS IN HEAVIER RAIN BURSTS. LATER THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. MORE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... RESULTING IN MORE POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS QUEBEC SUNDAY...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-290100- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 350 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-290300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 350 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ NHZ005-007>010-013-014-282300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 350 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH AT THIS TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ HAYES
000 WWUS71 KGYX 282310 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 710 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM OVER EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT...REACHING QUEBEC SUNDAY. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AS WELL AS IN HEAVIER RAIN BURSTS. LATER THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY. MORE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... RESULTING IN MORE POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS QUEBEC SUNDAY...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. NHZ005-007>010-013-014-290015- /O.EXP.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061028T2300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 710 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>004-006-290100- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061029T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY... SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...WOLFEBORO 710 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028-290300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061029T0300Z/ NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVON...CARRABASSETT VALLEY... COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...MADISON... FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST 710 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SUBSIDING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE...TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. $$ 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 Oct 27, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
213 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP THE EASTERN
SEABOARD SATURDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND VERY STRONG
ONSHORE WINDS INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY.
RAINFALL AROUND 2 INCHES IS VERY LIKELY FOR MOST AREAS WITH UP TO
3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WILL PUT UP A FLOOD WATCH BEGINNING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. GROUND IS QUITE SATURATED WITH HIGH WATER TABLE DUE TO
RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND EXTENDED PERIOD OF WELL ABOVE
NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND WITH TREES
BECOMING DORMANT RUNOFF WILL BE MAXIMIZED. URBAN FLOODING ALSO A
CONCERN AS CLOGGED STORM DRAINS MAY COMPLICATE MATTERS.
WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 60 MPH...MAINLY OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN
AND AREAS OPEN TO THE OCEAN AS WINDS BLOW IN OFF THE OCEAN FROM A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. WILL PUT UP A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL
OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BEACH EROSION AND ROUGH SURF DUE TO
SPLASHOVER FROM STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. THE PORTLAND
HIGH TIDE OF 9.3 FEET AT 347 PM SATURDAY IS WELL BELOW THE FLOOD
THRESHOLD OF 12 FEET...SO WONT PUT UP A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH OR
WARNING SINCE COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD BE MINIMAL AND LIMITED TO
SPLASHOVER FROM WAVE ACTION.
OTHERWISE...USED THE GFS40 MODEL AND MAV MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE
SHORT TERM FORECAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE OCCLUDED FRONT SATURDAY
EVENING WHILE RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX LINGERS ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. STRONGEST WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDER SHOULD OCCUR RIGHT
NEAR THE TIME OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. BLUSTERY AND COOL SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AS NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED SYSTEM DRIFTS SLOWLY NORTHEAST
WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS CONFINED LARGELY TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
SURFACE RIDGE BRINGS A WELCOME BREAK ON TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO
TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION...
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TO INSTRUMENT FLIGHT
RULES CONDITIONS /OR LOWER/ THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD AS
RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OVERSPREAD THE AREA. LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR WILL BE A CONCERN AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST JET BRINGS
WINDS OF 55 TO 65 KNOTS DOWN TO 2000 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...WILL CONTINUE THE MARINE
STORM WARNING BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG SOUTHEAST
WINDS DEVELOP. SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 20 FEET.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WE START WITH STORM FORCE WINDS SATURDAY EVENING...WITH
CONDITIONS DROPPING TO STRONG GALE OVERNIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF
SUNDAY.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...FLOOD WATCH FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028 FROM NOON SATURDAY
TO 5 AM SUNDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MEZ007-012-018>020-023>025 FROM 1 PM
SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MEZ008-009-013-014-021-022-026>028 FROM
3 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM SATURDAY.
NH...FLOOD WATCH FOR NHZ001>010-013-014 FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 5 AM
SUNDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NHZ001>004-006 FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9
PM SATURDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NHZ005-007>010-013-014 FROM 11 AM
SATURDAY TO 7 PM SATURDAY.
MARINE...STORM WARNING FOR ANZ150 FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 1 AM SUNDAY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 10:31 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1031 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ANZ150-170-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-281445- STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA FROM 25 TO 40 NM-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- 1031 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR...WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY OR HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ABOUT A SIX HOUR PERIOD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY REQUIRE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO WATCHES, ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE OR NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. HOWEVER, A MARINE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON MAINE TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS. PLEASE SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT /PRODUCT IDENTIFIER PWMSPSGYX/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 10:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1045 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-272100- 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 1045 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING... A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON SATURDAY THEN TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A PERIOD OF SNOW OR SLEET OVER MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY, BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MUCH RAIN MAY CAUSE MANY STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFUL AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IN URBAN AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHERE STORM DRAINS ARE CLOGGED BY LEAVES AND OTHER DEBRIS. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ON SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS BLOWING IN FROM THE OCEAN COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN. A MARINE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SEAS UP TO 20 FEET ARE LIKELY. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SATURDAY NIGHT A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES...FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham and 2 more | 37 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.