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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

February 24, 20108 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind warning at Feb 24, 2010, 3:34 PM EST for 8 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 25, 2010, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 51 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 24, 2010, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2010, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 26, 2010, 4:00 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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
Feb 25, 1:35 PM ESTFLOODGorham, MEAMATEUR RADIO REPORTS BRACKETT ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR SACO STREET IN GORHAM.
Feb 25, 1:45 PM ESTFLOOD2 W Bath, METRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS STATE ROAD IN WEST BATH IS FLOODED.
Feb 25, 1:55 PM ESTFLOOD1 Nnw Brunswick, METRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A 25 FOOT SECTION OF THEODORE DRIVE COVERED WITH THREE FEET OF STANDING WATER IN BRUNSWICK. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON CANDY LANE IN BRUNSWICK.
Feb 25, 2:00 PM ESTFLOOD1 Sse Dresden, MELINCOLN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS ROUTE 127 IN DRESDEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 2:00 PM ESTFLOODNewcastle, MELINCOLN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS LEWIS HILL ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 2:15 PM ESTFLOODGreenland, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS KIMBLE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN GREENLAND.
Feb 25, 2:28 PM ESTFLOOD4 Ese Searsmont, MEWALDO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS HOWARD ROAD WASHED OUT NEAR ROUTE 173 IN BELMONT.
Feb 25, 3:53 PM ESTFLOODExeter, NHOVER A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD
Feb 25, 4:41 PM ESTFLOODLyman, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS WALKER ROAD IN LYMAN IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 4:43 PM ESTFLOOD4 Nnw Saco, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MCKENNEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 4:46 PM ESTFLOODSanford, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ON COTTAGE AVENUE AND DEVOTIAN AVENUE IN SANFORD.
Feb 25, 4:57 PM ESTFLOODCornish, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED EVERGREEN DRIVE CLOSED NEAR ROUTE 160 DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 5:03 PM ESTFLOODWoolwich, MESAGADAHOC COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THE OLD STAGE ROAD BRIDGE IS CLOSED DUE TO STURCTURE BEING COMPROMISED BY HIGH FLOW.
Feb 25, 5:07 PM ESTFLOODPhippsburg, MESAGADAHOC COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SAM DAY HILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 5:39 PM ESTFLOODNorth Yarmouth, MECUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SLIGO ROAT AT ROUTE 9 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 5:55 PM ESTFLOODStandish, MECUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED CHADBOURNE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN ROUTE 114 AND ROUTE 237.
Feb 25, 6:30 PM ESTFLOODKennebunk, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS ROUTE 35 AT ALWIVE ROAD AND BOURNE STREET WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 6:30 PM ESTFLOODKennebunkport, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED LOG CABIN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN KENNEBUNKPORT.
Feb 25, 6:40 PM ESTFLOODLimington, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN LIMINGTON, SPECIFICALLY, SEDGLY ROAD, JOY ROAD, AND CHRISTIAN HILL ROAD.
Feb 25, 7:15 PM ESTFLOODLimerick, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROUTE 160 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN LIMERICK.
Feb 25, 7:15 PM ESTFLOODShapleigh, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES AT COLE TRANTON ROAD AND MURRY ROAD DUE TO FLOODING IN SHAPLEIGH.
Feb 25, 7:28 PM ESTFLOODScarborough, MECUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROSS ROAD BETWEEN PINE POINT ROAD AND THE OLD ORCHARD BEACH LINE WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 7:42 PM ESTFLOODRollinsford, NHSTRAFFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING ON SLIGO ROAD IN ROLLINSFORD.
Feb 25, 7:44 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGDanville, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 111A IN DANVILLE.
Feb 25, 7:45 PM ESTFLOODLebanon, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MILTON MILLS ROAD AND UNION SCHOOL ROAD IN LEBANON WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 8:00 PM ESTFLOODBuxton, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN BUXTON, SPECIFICALLY, SPRUCE SWAMP ROAD, BERRY ROAD, RANKIN ROAD, ROUTE 117, AND JOY VALLEY ROAD.
Feb 25, 8:30 PM ESTFLOODGray, MEGRAY PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING AT PORTLAND ROAD, LONG HILL ROAD, AND WHITNEY ROAD IN GRAY.
Feb 25, 8:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGGray, MEGRAY PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED TREES DOWN IN GRAY.
Feb 25, 8:40 PM ESTFLOODExeter, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS ROUTE 108 AT GILMAN POND IN EXETER IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 9:33 PM ESTFLOODSouth Portland, MECUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SPURWINK ROAD NEAR SOUTH PORTLAND WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 9:38 PM ESTFLOODPlaistow, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MAIN STREET IN PLAISTOW WAS WASHED OUT DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 9:45 PM ESTFLOODKennebunk, MEEXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING FROM SPLASHOVER AT HIGH TIDE IN KENNEBUNK AND KENNEBUNKPORT. FLOODING THROUGHOUT YORK COUNTY WITH 32 OR 33 ROADS CLOSED. MANY BASEMENTS FLOODED IN SANFORD, SPRINGVALE ADN KENNEBUNK.
Feb 25, 9:45 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGKennebunk, MEMANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT YORK COUNTY.
Feb 25, 10:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 621 Nnw Brunswick, METRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 62 MPH IN BRUNSWICK.
Feb 25, 10:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 63Greenland, NHCOOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 63 MPH IN GREENLAND.
Feb 25, 10:12 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGOgunquit, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 1 IN OGUNQUIT.
Feb 25, 10:18 PM ESTFLOODSanford, MEYORK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SAM ALLEN ROAD IN SANFORD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 25, 10:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Ferry Beach State Park, MEPUBLIC REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 62 MPH IN CAMP ELLIS.
Feb 25, 10:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 67Portland, MEPORTLAND JETPORT MEASURED A GUST OF 67 MPH AT 0330Z.
Feb 25, 11:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGBrunswick, MELARGE TREE DOWN WIRES DOWN.
Feb 25, 11:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHampstead, NHCOOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED POWERLINES DOWN ON WHEEL WRIGHT ROAD IN HAMPSTEAD.
Feb 25, 11:20 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 633 S Bristol, MEPUBLIC MESONET MEMBER OBSERVED A 63 MPH GUST IN NEW HARBOR.
Feb 25, 11:24 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Wells, MECOOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN WELLS MEASURED A 66 MPH GUST.
Feb 25, 11:27 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 68Portsmouth, NHPEASE AIR FORCE BASE IN PORTSMOUTH MEASURED A 68 MPH GUST AT 0427Z.
Feb 25, 11:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGHampstead, NHCOOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED TREES ON A HOUSE ON LAKESHORE AVENUE IN HAMPSTEAD.
Feb 26, 12:00 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMadbury, NHSTRAFFORD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 155 IN MADBURY.
Feb 26, 12:18 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorthwood, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN NORTHWOOD.
Feb 26, 12:45 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGGreenland, NHROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN GREENLAND.
Feb 26, 2:09 AM ESTFLOODStandish, MEMAINE ROUTE 237 CLOSED AT ROUTE 35 DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 26, 2:24 AM ESTFLOODNew Gloucester, MEMAINE ROUTE 9 CLOSED AT WINN ROAD DUE TO FLOODING.
Feb 26, 3:41 AM ESTFLOODBuxton, MEMAINE ROUTE 112 CLOSED AT HAINES MEADOW ROAD DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 2010-02-24Temperature 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 2010-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

681 
WWUS71 KGYX 242034
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
334 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY
MORNING WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW...EAST WINDS
WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY INTO
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND IN THE HILLS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MAINE.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES FROM LATE
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-251300-
/O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER...
DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
334 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

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

EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH EXPECTED DURING MID TO THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. 

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES FROM LATE
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY 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.

$$

MEZ020>022-025>028-251300-
/O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
334 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 
55 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST FROM BOOTHBAY HARBOR TO PORT CLYDE AND ROCKLAND.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES FROM LATE
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY 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.

$$
6 follow-up statements
578 
WWUS71 KGYX 250143 AAA
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
843 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY
MORNING WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW...EAST WINDS
WILL INCREASE...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH EXPECTED DURING
THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT.

THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND IN THE HILLS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MAINE.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-251300-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER...
DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
843 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 AM
EST FRIDAY...

EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH EXPECTED DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ020>022-025>028-251300-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
843 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM
EST FRIDAY...

EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST FROM BOOTHBAY HARBOR TO PORT CLYDE AND ROCKLAND.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$
625 
WWUS71 KGYX 250802
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
302 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING
WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE...WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH
THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND IN THE HILLS OF
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MAINE.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-252100-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER...
DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
302 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ020>022-025>028-252100-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
302 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ007-012-NHZ001>009-252100-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
302 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES..

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MEZ008-009-013-014-252100-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD
302 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
279 
WWUS71 KGYX 251510
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1010 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING
WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE...
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND IN
THE HILLS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MAINE.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-252315-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER...
DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
1010 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BEGIN INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...
AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS EVENING. DURING THAT TIME...WIND
GUSTS MAY EXCEED 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ020>022-025>028-252315-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
1010 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BEGIN INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...
AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS EVENING. DURING THAT TIME...WIND
GUSTS MAY EXCEED 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ007-012-NHZ001>009-252315-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.100225T1800Z-100226T0600Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
1010 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME STRONG AND
GUSTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR
50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS
STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY
RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES..

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MEZ008-009-013-014-252315-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD
1010 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME STRONG AND
GUSTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR
50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS
STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY
RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
281 
WWUS71 KGYX 252037
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST WILL MOVE NORTH
INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...THEN MOVE WEST INTO NEW YORK
STATE FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW...STRONG WINDS WILL DEEP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 40 MPH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND OVER
THE HILLS OF CENTRAL MAINE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW TO OUR SOUTH
GETS STRONGER...LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO START GUSTING
BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. 

THE STRONGEST GUSTS SHOULD REACH THE COAST DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...AND IN THESE AREAS WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE
STRONGER WINDS WILL AFFECT THE HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THE MID TO
LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
FRIDAY. IN THESE AREAS...WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

MEZ019-024-260900-
/O.EXT.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES AFTER
700 PM...AND THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 100 OR
200 AM FRIDAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT TIME. 

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.

$$

MEZ018-023-NHZ010-013-014-260600-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100226T0600Z/
INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...
EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES AFTER
700 PM...AND THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 100 OR
200 AM FRIDAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT TIME. 

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.

$$

MEZ020>022-025>028-260900-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES AFTER
700 PM...AND THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 300
OR 400 AM FRIDAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT TIME.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...
WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

$$

MEZ007-012-NHZ001>009-260600-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100226T0600Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES..

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MEZ008-009-013-014-260900-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.100225T2100Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD
337 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
450 
WWUS71 KGYX 260616
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
116 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...DAMAGING WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST
WILL MOVE WEST INTO NEW YORK STATE FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE
LOW...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.

WINDS WERE GUSTING TO OVER 60 MPH ALONG THE COAST AND OVER SOME
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE THIS
EVENING. LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE GUSTING
TO BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR THE
IMMEDIATE COAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING.

THE WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. 

MEZ018-023-NHZ010-013-014-260900-
/O.EXP.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100226T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0003.100226T0616Z-100226T0900Z/
INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...
EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
116 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST TO 70 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD
MORNING. 

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.

$$

MEZ007-012-NHZ001>009-260900-
/O.EXP.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100226T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0006.100226T0616Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
116 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MEZ019>022-024>028-260900-
/O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
WINTERPORT...UNITY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...
BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...
CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
116 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

LOOK FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO GUST TO 60 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER THAT
TIME.

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.

$$

MEZ008-009-013-014-260900-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD
116 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
311 
WWUS71 KGYX 260907
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
407 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010


MEZ019>022-024>028-261015-
/O.EXP.KGYX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
WINTERPORT...UNITY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...
BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...
CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE
407 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 



$$

MEZ018-023-NHZ010-013-014-261015-
/O.EXP.KGYX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...
EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
407 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 



$$

MEZ007-012-NHZ001>009-261015-
/O.EXP.KGYX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
407 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 



$$

MEZ008-009-013-014-261015-
/O.EXP.KGYX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100226T0900Z/
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD
407 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 



$$

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 24, 11:34 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 11:34 AM EST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1134 AM EST WED FEB 24 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
FIRST OF TWO STORMS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
AND WILL TRACK NORTHWARD TODAY AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT.  IN ITS WAKE...
A SECOND MID ATLANTIC STORM WILL MOVE TO A POSITION IN THE VICINITY
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THURSDAY AS IT INTENSIFIES AND STALLS.
THE STALLED SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY BEFORE
FINALLY MOVING EASTWARD ON SUNDAY. THE REGION REMAINS IN A BRISK
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH THE GRADIENT RELAXING
LATER MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
***UPDATED AT 1133 AM***

THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FOR OXFORD COUNTY...AND TO ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES ARE THE ISSUE
FOR PRECIPITATION TYPE TODAY. STILL RECEIVING REPORTS OF SNOW FOR
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE.
THEREFORE...WILL LEAVE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN PLACE.

HAVE UPGRADED SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING.
LOOKING AT THE NEXT BATCH OF PRECIPITATION HEADING NORTH INTO THE
COUNTY. SINCE THE COLUMN IS COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW...THE DEEPER
VERTICAL MOTION SHOULD ALLOW DENDRITIC GROWTH. THIS SHOULD ALLOW
HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS TO EXCEED 6 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. FOR NOW...BASED ON PRECIPITATION TRAJECTORY...WILL
LEAVE THE ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET
COUNTIES IN PLACE.

IN ADDITION...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MAINE. THE 1200 UTC MODEL SUITE IS CONFIRMING THAT THESE AREAS
WILL SEE 50 TO 60 KNOTS OF WIND MIX UNDER THE INVERSION AHEAD OF
THE OCCLUSION. MAY HAVE TO EXTEND THIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON BASED
ON FURTHER INFORMATION.

***PREVIOUS UPDATE***
THE GRIDDED AND TEXT FORECASTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT
CURRENT CONDITIONS.

WATCHING THE PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTH ACROSS MAINLY NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND WESTERNMOST MAINE THIS MORNING. THE MOISTURE IS BEING FUNNELED
NORTH BEHIND A JET STREAK ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE...AND THE
KGYX VWP SHOWS LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THERE. THIS
HAS RESULTED IN THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER VALLEY SO FAR THIS MORNING.

ELSEWHERE...THE MOISTURE HAS BEEN MAINLY LOW LEVEL. SINCE THE MOISTURE
HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE SNOWFLAKES IN THE MID LEVELS...MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION OUTSIDE OF ENHANCEMENT HAS BEEN LIGHT RAIN.
THE 1200 UTC GYX SOUNDING IS STILL MOSTLY BELOW FREEZING...AND
ENHANCED PRECIPITATION COULD STILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

WATCHING A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC
THIS MORNING...AS THE SURFACE SYSTEM STARTS TO FALL APART. THE DRY
SLOT WITH THIS SHORT WAVE IS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEW ENGLAND. IT
COULD BE THAT AS THE SHORT WAVE PASSES...THE DRY AIR IN THE MID
LEVELS COULD CUT OFF SNOWFLAKE PRODUCTION.

SO...FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE THE HEADLINES AS THEY ARE. MAY BE
ABLE TO DROP THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE IF THE ENHANCEMENT AHEAD OF THE
SHORT WAVE DOES NOT CREATE SNOW VS RAIN. OTHERWISE...MOST CHANGES
WERE MADE TO ACCOUNT FOR TRENDS. WILL UPDATE AGAIN LATER THIS
MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR TRENDS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY/...
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF TONIGHT...SO WILL CONTINUE THE
WARNINGS/ADVISORIES THROUGH THEIR CURRENT 7 PM EXPIRATION TIME.
TEMPERATURES/WIND A BLEND OF MAV/MET/CURRENT FORECAST WITH POPS
BLEND OF MAV/CURRENT FORECAST. QPF/SNOWFALL WAS BASED ON HPC/PREVIOUS
FORECAST.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE MEDIUM RANGE AND EXTENDED FORECAST. 00Z
MODEL SUITE APPEARS TO BE VERY WELL CLUSTERED WITH ITS SOLUTION TO
THE FORECAST POSITIONING OF THE SURFACE LOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND COASTLINE BY FORECAST HOUR 48. ALL MODELS SHOW THIS SYSTEM
RETROGRADING WESTWARD TOWARDS POU.

TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A VERY UNUSUAL STORM TRACK WILL ALLOW FOR
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST
AREA THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. THERE MAY BE POWER
OUTAGES...ALONG WITH FRESH AND SALT WATER FLOODING.

PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY...AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PINWHEELS
AROUND THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM. WILL NEED TO WATCH WIND FIELDS
CLOSELY FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT FRESH WATER RUNOFF...LARGE
WAVES AND A CONTINUED STORM SURGE WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ESTUARIES AS WELL AS BEACH EROSION (SEE
COASTAL FLOOD SECTION BELOW).

UPPER LOW SITS OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. MOST AREAS WILL
JUST HAVE NUISANCE TYPE SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOWS.

SYSTEM SLOWLY HEADS OUT TO SEA EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG
SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WELL OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHORT TERM...
IFR CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN FORECAST AREA INTO NORTHERN/MOUNTAIN
SECTIONS OF MAINE. MVFR CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN/COASTAL MAINE...
LOWERING TO IFR CONDITIONS AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT.

LONG TERM...
LIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS
SLOWLY IMPROVE...BUT TO ONLY IFR...FOR FRIDAY. SLOW IMPROVEMENTS
CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO GALE FORCE IN ALL WATERS THIS
MORNING AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE LOW OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MARITIMES HAS TIGHTENED. THIS
HAS ALLOWED SEAS TO BUILD A BIT FASTER THAN FORECAST...AND SEAS
WERE INCREASED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.

THE GRADIENT APPEARS TO SLACKEN A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
SURFACE LOW WEAKENS. WILL WATCH TRENDS TO SEE IF WINDS CAN BE
LOWERED A BIT THIS AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT.

LONG TERM...
STORM FORCE WINDS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG SYSTEM RETROGRADES
BACK INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. STILL LATE THIRD PERIOD...AND THERE
IS AN ONGOING EVENT WHICH MAKES THINGS COMPLICATED. WILL HOLD OFF
ON STORM WARNINGS FOR NOW FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     MEZ018>028.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
     MEZ013-014.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR MEZ018-
     019.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
     NIGHT FOR MEZ018>028.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
     MEZ007>009-012.
     COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR MEZ023>028.
NH...FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     NHZ006-008>010-013-014.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
     NHZ001>009.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NHZ010-
     013.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
     NIGHT FOR NHZ010-013-014.
     COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR NHZ014.
MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ANZ150>154.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:15 PM EST, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

MEZ018-019-NHZ010-013-252015-
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   FLOOD WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ025>028-252015-
SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN 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.

   COASTAL FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   COASTAL FLOOD WATCH.
   FLOOD WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ023-024-NHZ014-252015-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.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.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.
   FLOOD WATCH.
   COASTAL FLOOD WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ150>154-252015-
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT
BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER
MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ020>022-252015-
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   FLOOD WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ013-014-252015-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ012-252015-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN 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 STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NHZ006-008-009-252015-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ007>009-NHZ001>005-007-252015-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SULLIVAN-
315 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.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 STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 11:11 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more4 hr
Feb 24, 3:13 PM ESTStorm WarningGYX37 hr
Feb 24, 3:21 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryGYXCumberland, York19 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Maine, 2010High Wind Warnings in New Hampshire, 2010Every high wind warning in 2010

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.