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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Caribou, ME
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Cranberry Isles, ME | TREE DOWN BLOCKING TREMONT RD |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Addison, ME | TREE DOWN |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Eastbrook, ME | TREE DOWN INTO POWER LINE CAUSING FIRE IN THE TREE |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Machiasport, ME | SIDING BEING RIPPED OFF OF HOME BY THE WIND |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Penobscot, ME | TREE DOWN |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Swans Island, ME | TREE DOWN |
| Mar 2, 11:38 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dennysville, ME | TREE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 31 hr | |
| Mar 2, 6:59 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 17 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.