Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 23, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 10:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 20:21 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, 8.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WWUS71 KCAR 222017 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 417 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 MEZ029-030-230400- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.110423T2000Z-110424T0400Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 417 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ NORCROSS
4 follow-up statements
841 WWUS71 KCAR 230107 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 907 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 MEZ029-030-231000- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.110423T2000Z-110424T0400Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 907 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MOSTLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...OUTER ISLANDS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS. BE CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES...MAKE SURE FLASHLIGHTS HAVE WORKING BATTERIES. && $$ VJN
139 WWUS71 KCAR 230806 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 406 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 MEZ029-030-231615- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.110423T2000Z-110424T0400Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 406 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...OUTER ISLANDS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ KHW
914 WWUS71 KCAR 231838 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 238 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 MEZ029-030-240245- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.110423T2000Z-110424T0400Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 238 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS. BE CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES...MAKE SURE FLASHLIGHTS HAVE WORKING BATTERIES. && $$
187 WWUS71 KCAR 240237 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1037 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 MEZ029-030-240345- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110424T0400Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1037 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE REGION AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NORCROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 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.