Alert archive / Maine / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind warning at Feb 2, 2016, 3:29 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2016, 2:51 AM EST
- In force
- 11 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 20:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | Robbinston, 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 12:00Z, 8.5 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
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
539 WWUS71 KCAR 022029 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 329 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WINDS TO IMPACT COASTAL DOWNEAST LATE WEDNESDAY... A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. A STRONG RIBBON OF LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEZ029-030-030630- /O.UPG.KCAR.HW.A.0002.160203T2000Z-160204T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0002.160203T2100Z-160204T0900Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 329 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
339 WWUS71 KCAR 030818 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 318 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE DOWN EAST COAST... MEZ029-030-031630- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.160203T2100Z-160204T0900Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 318 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * LOCATION...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ016-017-031630- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.160203T2100Z-160204T0900Z/ INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK... GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON 318 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * 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... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TD/CB
905 WWUS71 KCAR 031947 AAA NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 247 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 MEZ029-030-040400- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.160203T2100Z-160204T0900Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 247 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 58 MPH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH BY EARLY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATION...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER HILLS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ016-017-040400- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.160203T2100Z-160204T0900Z/ INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK... GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON 247 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH BY EARLY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * 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... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
725 WWUS71 KCAR 040313 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1013 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 MEZ029-030-040900- /O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0900Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1013 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 58 MPH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE HIGHER TERRAIN COASTLINE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT. * LOCATION...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ON THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER HILLS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ016-017-040900- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0900Z/ INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK... GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON 1013 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH BY EARLY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * 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... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VJN
924 WWUS71 KCAR 040751 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 251 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016 MEZ029-030-040900- /O.CAN.KCAR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0900Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 251 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MEZ016-017-040900- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0900Z/ INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK... GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON 251 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DUDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:30 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 12 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:46 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 49 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 32 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Maine, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.