Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 2:41 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 20, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2016, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2016, 2:49 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 19:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 2680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
912 WWUS71 KCAR 191941 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 241 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS SATURDAY ALONG THE COAST... MEZ029-030-200900- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.160220T1200Z-160220T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 241 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE OUTER ISLANDS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW IMPACT. WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ DUDA
4 follow-up statements
813 WWUS71 KCAR 192349 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 649 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 MEZ029-030-200800- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.160220T1200Z-160220T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 649 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
720 WWUS71 KCAR 200834 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 334 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 MEZ029-030-201800- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.160220T1200Z-160220T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 334 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * 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... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NORCROSS
072 WWUS71 KCAR 201742 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1242 PM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 MEZ029-030-202200- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160220T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1242 PM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DUDA
182 WWUS71 KCAR 201949 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 249 PM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 MEZ029-030-202100- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160220T2200Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 249 PM EST SAT FEB 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGER WINDS OF EARLIER TODAY HAVE SUBSIDED...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 19, 1:08 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 8 hr | |
| Feb 19, 5:07 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 34 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.