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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2008, 9:40 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2008, 9:40 PM EST (02:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2008, 10:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 753 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1008 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 KCAR 090240 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 940 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 MEZ029-030-091015- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.080309T0700Z-080309T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 940 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO SHRUBBERY, TREES, AND LOOSE OBJECTS. OLDER AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ HEWITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCAR 090800 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 400 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 MEZ029-030-091500- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 400 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO SHRUBBERY... TREES... AND LOOSE OBJECTS. OLDER AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ VJN
000 WWUS71 KCAR 091447 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1047 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 MEZ029-030-091600- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1047 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAS ENDED AND AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLIER HAS BEEN CANCELED. STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE MARITIMES WILL KEEP BRISK WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ FITZSIMMONS/FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 8 hr |
Nearby
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.