Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2012, 11:46 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2012, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 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
- 413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 833 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1099 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS71 KCAR 231546 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1146 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 MEZ029-030-232200- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.120423T1546Z-120423T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1146 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS. OLDER AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOW DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
354 WWUS71 KCAR 232211 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 611 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012 MEZ029-030-232315- /O.EXP.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120423T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 611 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. $$ KHW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 58 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.