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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Caribou, ME

March 7, 2011Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2011, 8:35 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2011, 8:35 AM EST (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
In force
4 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 13:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-03-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 611 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
611 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
654 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.

551 
WWUS71 KCAR 071335
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
835 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

MEZ029-030-071800-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0003.110307T1335Z-110307T1800Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
835 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...LOW IMPACT. WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP
  WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY
  DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS. BE CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLE. IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES, MAKE SURE FLASHLIGHTS HAVE
WORKING BATTERIES.

&&

$$

MCW
1 follow-up statement
170 
WWUS71 KCAR 071734
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1234 PM EST MON MAR 7 2011

MEZ029-030-071845-
/O.EXP.KCAR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T1800Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1234 PM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 3:04 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR16 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.