Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT for 11 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 1929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615 WWUS71 KGYX 160740 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 340 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ013-014-018>021-NHZ010-013-161545- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON... SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 340 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$ MEZ022>028-NHZ014-161545- /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.A.0001.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 340 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND VULNERABLE STRUCTURES. && $$ KIMBLE
6 follow-up statements
310 WWUS71 KGYX 161401 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1001 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ013-014-018>021-NHZ010-013-162215- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON... SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 1001 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$ MEZ022>028-NHZ014-162215- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.A.0001.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1001 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND VULNERABLE STRUCTURES. && $$
257 WWUS71 KGYX 161957 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 357 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ022>028-NHZ014-170400- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 357 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. && $$ MEZ007>009-012-NHZ001>009-170400- /O.EXA.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...COLEBROOK... BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON... HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH 357 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS... THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$ MEZ013-014-018>021-NHZ010-013-170400- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON... SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 357 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS... THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$
965 WWUS71 KGYX 162207 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 607 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ022>028-NHZ014-170615- /O.UPG.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0001.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 607 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>021-NHZ001>010-013-170615- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.110417T0400Z-110417T1600Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 607 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON SUNDAY. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS... THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$
001 WWUS71 KGYX 170732 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING NEAR DAWN SUNDAY MORNING. MEZ022>028-NHZ014-171545- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 332 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN THIS MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON TODAY. GUSTY POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY BUT REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>021-NHZ001>010-013-171545- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 332 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND REACH THEIR PEAK INTENSITY NEAR DAWN THIS MORNING...AND SUBSIDE BY NOON TODAY. GUSTY POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS... THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$
762 WWUS71 KGYX 171328 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 928 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS DROPPING OFF QUICKLY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MEZ023-024-NHZ014-171430- /O.CAN.KGYX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 928 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF CONSIDERABLY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY BUT ONLY UP TO 30 MPH OR SO. $$ MEZ012-018-019-NHZ001>010-013-171430- /O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 928 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF CONSIDERABLY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY BUT ONLY UP TO 30 MPH OR SO. $$ MEZ022-025>028-171600- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 928 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING BY NOON. GUSTY POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY BUT REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-020-021-171600- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE 928 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING BY NOON TODAY. GUSTY POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. * WIND SPEED/GUSTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS... THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD SNAP TREE LIMBS AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS. && $$
300 WWUS71 KGYX 171611 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1211 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE EXPIRED... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL GUST UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH AT TIMES...BUT NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE WINDS LAST NIGHT OR THIS MORNING. MEZ022-025>028-171715- /O.EXP.KGYX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 1211 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL GUST UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH AT TIMES...BUT NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE WINDS LAST NIGHT OR THIS MORNING. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-020-021-171715- /O.EXP.KGYX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110417T1600Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE 1211 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL GUST UP TO 25 OR 30 MPH AT TIMES...BUT NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE WINDS LAST NIGHT OR THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:23 AM EDT | Storm Warning | GYX | 33 hr | |
| Apr 16, 3:40 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:07 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.