Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2011, 3:11 AM EST for 6 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 27, 2011, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2011, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2011, 4:48 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WWUS71 KGYX 270811 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 311 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-272015- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.111228T0100Z-111228T1200Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 311 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
715 WWUS71 KGYX 271933 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 233 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-280900- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.111228T0100Z-111228T1200Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 233 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT AND LASTING UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. && $$
305 WWUS71 KGYX 280319 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1019 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-281000- /O.EXT.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111228T1000Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1019 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 5 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
759 WWUS71 KGYX 280754 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 254 AM EST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING FOR COASTAL MAINE... .A STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IS BRINGING STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TO COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE. THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AND CAUSE WINDS TO WEAKEN AND TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST BEFORE DAYBREAK. NHZ014-280900- /O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111228T1000Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 254 AM EST WED DEC 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL BE SUBSIDING OVER COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH FROM THE WEST. GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. $$ MEZ023>028-281000- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111228T1000Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 254 AM EST WED DEC 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 5 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND MAY CAUSE SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS TO SNAP. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
311 WWUS71 KGYX 280948 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 448 AM EST WED DEC 28 2011 MEZ023>028-281100- /O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111228T1000Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 448 AM EST WED DEC 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BUT WILL CONTINUE TO GUST FROM 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 5:13 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 5 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Maine, 2011Wind Advisories in New Hampshire, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.