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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Caribou, ME

March 2, 2016Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2016, 8:37 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 6 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
Mar 2, 2016, 8:37 AM EST (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2016, 2:45 PM EST
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 13:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 W Cranberry Isles, METREE DOWN BLOCKING TREMONT RD
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGAddison, METREE DOWN
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGEastbrook, METREE DOWN INTO POWER LINE CAUSING FIRE IN THE TREE
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMachiasport, MESIDING BEING RIPPED OFF OF HOME BY THE WIND
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGPenobscot, METREE DOWN
Mar 2, 8:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGSwans Island, METREE DOWN
Mar 2, 11:38 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGDennysville, METREE DOWN IN POWER LINES

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, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 786 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
786 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
850 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

304 
WWUS71 KCAR 021337
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
837 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

MEZ016-017-029-030-022000-
/O.UPG.KCAR.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160302T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0004.160302T1337Z-160302T2000Z/
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...
GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...
PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...
BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
837 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL LEAD TO CAUSE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER
  LINES. POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY
  DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

HEWITT
2 follow-up statements
194 
WWUS71 KCAR 021610
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1110 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

MEZ016-017-029-030-022000-
/O.CON.KCAR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160302T2000Z/
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...
GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...
PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...
BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1110 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
  POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

HEWITT
996 
WWUS71 KCAR 021945
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
245 PM EST WED MAR 2 2016

MEZ016-017-029-030-022045-
/O.CAN.KCAR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160302T2000Z/
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...
GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...
PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...
BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
245 PM EST WED MAR 2 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.

WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
UP TO 30 MPH. THEREFORE, THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

HEWITT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:14 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR31 hr
Mar 2, 6:59 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset17 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.