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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind warning at Oct 28, 2015, 4:08 AM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Oct 29, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2015, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2015, 12:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 5:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Eastport, ME | SUSTAINED WIND OF 40 MPH. |
| Oct 29, 6:30 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Sw Lubec, ME | |
| Oct 29, 6:33 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 6 Wnw Brooksville, ME | SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AROUND HANCOCK COUNTY FROM NUMEROUS DOWNED LIMBS AND A FEW DOWNED TREES |
| Oct 29, 6:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cutler, ME | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES. |
| Oct 29, 6:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | East Machias, ME | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Oct 29, 8:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Eastport, ME | |
| Oct 29, 11:06 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 4 W Cherryfield, ME |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WWUS71 KCAR 280808 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 408 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION MEZ029-030-281615- /O.UPG.KCAR.HW.A.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 408 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ015>017-281615- /O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON 408 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
8 follow-up statements
422 WWUS71 KCAR 281355 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 955 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-290200- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 955 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HASTINGS
447 WWUS71 KCAR 281855 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 255 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-290700- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 255 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HASTINGS
903 WWUS71 KCAR 282226 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 626 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-290630- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 626 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
378 WWUS71 KCAR 290148 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 948 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-291000- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.151029T0600Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 948 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CB
261 WWUS71 KCAR 290732 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 332 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-291545- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 332 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
393 WWUS71 KCAR 290934 AAA NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 534 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-291745- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 534 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MIGNONE/HEWITT
617 WWUS71 KCAR 291314 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 914 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-291800- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 914 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..WINDS WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HASTINGS
017 WWUS71 KCAR 291652 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1252 PM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 MEZ015>017-029-030-291800- /O.CAN.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151029T1800Z/ SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN... AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND... DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY... PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT... MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1252 PM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND ARE NOW BELOW WARNING LEVELS. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP. $$ HASTINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.