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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

February 28, 2010Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2010, 3:49 PM EST for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 1, 2010, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 14 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 28, 2010, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2010, 2:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 1, 2010, 1:00 PM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 3:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGBrooklin, MENUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS.
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGCutler, METREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SOME DAMAGE REPORTED.
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGEdmunds, METREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMachias, MENUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMeddybemps, METREES DOWN ON ROUTE 191. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGWhiting, METREES DOWN. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Mar 1, 4:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG5 Sw Bar Harbor, METREES DOWN ON SEAWALL ROAD.
Mar 1, 4:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHancock, METREES DOWN IN TOWN BLOCKING SOME ROADS.
Mar 1, 5:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGGarland, MENUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
Mar 1, 5:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHermon, MENUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
Mar 1, 5:30 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGOrono, MENUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
Mar 1, 6:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHampden, METREES DOWN IN TOWN.
Mar 1, 6:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLee, METREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Mar 1, 6:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLincoln, METREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2010-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2010-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

216 
WWUS71 KCAR 282049
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
349 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST WILL BRING
A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MEZ029-030-010500-
/O.UPG.KCAR.HW.A.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T1800Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
349 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE STRONG
WINDS COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL
LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ017-010500-
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON
349 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ011-015-016-032-010500-
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0800Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...
TOPSFIELD
349 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ005-006-031-010500-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.100301T1100Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
349 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A
WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD
TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.


$$

HEWITT
5 follow-up statements
974 
WWUS71 KCAR 282109
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
409 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

MEZ017-029-030-010515-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
409 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH A WET GROUND OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD TO DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ011-015-016-032-010515-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0800Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...
TOPSFIELD
409 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ005-006-031-010515-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.100301T1100Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
409 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A
WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD
TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

HEWITT
743 
WWUS71 KCAR 010301
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1001 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST WILL
BRING A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

MEZ011-015-016-032-011115-
/O.EXT.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...
TOPSFIELD
1001 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, COUPLED WITH WET GROUND, WILL LIKELY
CAUSE A NUMBER OF SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN, OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES WITH POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ017-029-030-011115-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0003.100301T0700Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1001 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST
MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, COUPLED WITH WET GROUND, WILL LIKELY
CAUSE A NUMBER OF SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN, OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES WITH POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ005-006-031-011115-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.100301T1100Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
1001 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MID
AFTERNOON ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

FOSTER
670 
WWUS71 KCAR 010757
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
257 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA THIS MORNING.

MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-011600-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
257 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE... COUPLED WITH WET GROUND... WILL LIKELY
CAUSE A NUMBER OF SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN... OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES WITH POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ005-006-031-011600-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.100301T1100Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
257 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON.

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

MCB
107 
WWUS71 KCAR 011601 AAA
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1101 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA THIS MORNING.

MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-011800-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
1101 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE UP THROUGH 1 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE... COUPLED WITH WET GROUND... WILL LIKELY
CAUSE A NUMBER OF SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN... OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES WITH POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

MEZ005-006-031-012000-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
1101 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

HEWITT
497 
WWUS71 KCAR 011812
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
112 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010

MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-011915-
/O.EXP.KCAR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100301T1800Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
112 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. 

$$

MEZ005-006-031-012000-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100301T2000Z/
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
112 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND AND WET SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

HEWITT

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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 28, 10:29 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 10:29 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1029 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE
TODAY AS A NEW LOW RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES WELL EAST OF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTH TO A POSITION
SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT AND THEN SLOWLY BACK OUT TO SEA
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
NORTH TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER LOW MOVING OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA.&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
INCREASED POPS ACROSS NE ZONES AS A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE HAS BEEN
SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. CURRENT RADAR
SHOWS THE BACKSIDE OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BEGINNING TO MOVE IN FROM
THE SE. OTHERWISE...

AREA OF SNOW W/ RAIN ACROSS SRN AND SERN AREAS LIFTING
NWWRD ACROSS THE FA ATTM AND THIS IS ASSOCIATED W/ AN UPPER SHORT
WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER CUTOFF CURRENTLY CNTRD OVR NYS... THIS
UPPER DISTURBANCE LOOKS TO CLR THE FAR NRN AREAS BY 12Z SO XPCT
THIS STEADIER PRECIP SHIELD TO MOVE N OF THE AREA DURING THE ERLY
AM HRS. THEREAFTER...PLENTY OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE LINGERS AS A CONTG
RATHER MILD AND MOIST ENERLY FLOW OF MARITIME AIR PERSISTS ACROSS
OUR AREA BUT THE LACK OF ANY APPRECIABLE UPPER FORCING SHOULD
RESULT IN ONLY A FEW LGT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS AM INTO
THIS AFTN.

THIS BREAK WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS NEW LOW PRESSURE BOMBS WELL OFF
THE MID ATLC COAST AND LIFTS N TO A POSN S OF SW NS BY LATE TNGT.
MDLS ALL SHOW A WELL DEFINED BAND OF MOISTURE XTNDG NWRD FROM THIS
STORM WHICH IS FCST TO SWING WWRD FROM NB ACROSS OUR FA TNGT AND
THEN WEAKEN AS IT CLRS WRN AND SWRN MAINE ERLY MON. XPCT THIS TO
RESULT IN ABT A 3-6 HR PERIOD OF LGT TO OCNLY MDT PRECIP W/ WET
SNOW ACROSS THE N AND W AND MAINLY RAIN S AND E. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW MAINLY N AND W OF I-95 W/ RAIN S
AND E OF THIS LINE. FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS AREA OF
PRECIP WILL HELP TO LIMIT QPF AND AS A RESULT XPCT ONLY ADV LVL
SNOW ACCUMS AND THESE SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE HYR TRRN AREAS OF
WRN AND NWRN MAINE WHERE COLDEST TEMPS WILL SUPPORT ALL SNOW. HAVE
DROPPED THE WNTR STORM WTCH IN FAVOR OF A WNTR WX ADV FOR ZNS
1/3/4/10 FOR TNGT INTO MON AM...

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA WILL BRING
STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND SOME INTERMITTENT RAIN DOWNEAST
AND SNOW TO WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANY
RAIN OR WEST SNOW MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF TO SNOW AND
RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL
DYNAMICS SUPPORTING THE PRECIPITATION AND MOISTURE QUICKLY SLIDES
OUT TO THE SOUTHWEST. A HIGH WIND WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR COASTAL
AREAS WHERE WINDS MAY GUST OVER 55 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD THEN DIMINISH AS THE LOW OFF NOVA
SCOTIA WEAKENS AND BACKS AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST OUT TO SEA.
MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY THIN OUT MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO PUSH IN FROM THE NORTH.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A NEW AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING OFF THE MID ATLC COAST
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO CARRY THIS LOW
WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT IT WILL LIKELY TRACK NEAR ENOUGH TO
THE DOWNEAST COAST TO BRING CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A BIT OF LIGHT SNOW
OR SNOW SHOWERS. THE LOW WILL MOVE AWAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY. NEW GUIDANCE THIS MORNING IS SHOWING A STRONG BACK
DOOR COLD FRONT COMING IN FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY WHICH
COULD BRING THE COLDEST WEATHER WE'VE SEEN IN A COUPLE WEEKS. THIS
SHOULD ALSO BRING A PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WEEKEND WITH A GUSTY
NORTHWEST WIND.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
CONDS XPCTD TO IMPROVE FROM S-N ERLY THIS AM AS THE FIRST UPPER
SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF PRECIP MOVE NWRD AND OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREAFTER XPCT MVFR TO LOW VFR CONDS AS PLENTY OF LOW-LVL
MOISTURE PERSISTS ACROSS THE REGION. CONDS SHOULD DETERIORATE
AGAIN LATER THIS EVE AS THE NEXT AREA OF PRECIP BACKS IN FROM THE
E AND SE...

IFR CONDITIONS EARLY MONDAY SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR ACROSS THE
AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING...THEN VFR CONDITIONS
ON TUESDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM VFR ACROSS THE NORTH TO
MVFR DOWNEAST WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ON
THURSDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NEED TO GO W/ GLW TNGT AS STRONG LOW
PRES APPROACHES SWRN NS FROM THE S LATE TNGT. WILL HOIST THE GLW
FLAG FOR TNGT AND DROP THE CURRENT SCA FOR SEAS...

A STRONG GALE WARNING WILL BE NEEDED FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING
INTO MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 KT. WINDS
WILL DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE STRONG LOW OFF NOVA
SCOTIA TURNS BACK OUT TO SEA.

&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
     MONDAY FOR MEZ001-003-004-010.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     MEZ029-030.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST MONDAY FOR
     ANZ050>052.

&&

NEAR TERM...DOODY/KHW
SHORT TERM...BLOOMER
LONG TERM...BLOOMER
AVIATION...DOODY/KHW
MARINE...DOODY/KHW/BLOOMER
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:48 PM EST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

MEZ001-003-004-010-012100-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ002-012100-
NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ011-032-012100-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE AND
SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ005-006-031-012100-
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE AND NORTHERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ017-012100-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ015-016-012100-
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE AND
SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

MEZ029-030-012100-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

ANZ050>052-012100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME-
348 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2010

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEWITT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 10:01 PM ESTGale WatchCAR5 hr
Feb 28, 3:26 AM ESTGale WarningCAR34 hr
Feb 28, 3:29 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchCARHancock, Washington12 hr
Feb 28, 3:51 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington30 hr
Feb 28, 3:32 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCARHancock, Washington20 hr
Feb 28, 3:49 PM ESTWind AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis23 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.