Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 12, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- 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 19:25 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, 7.4 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
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
930 WWUS71 KCAR 111921 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 321 PM EDT MON APR 11 2016 MEZ029-030-120900- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.160412T0700Z-160412T1600Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 321 PM EDT MON APR 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATION...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * 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... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VJN
5 follow-up statements
351 WWUS71 KCAR 120001 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 801 PM EDT MON APR 11 2016 MEZ029-030-120815- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.160412T0700Z-160412T1600Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 801 PM EDT MON APR 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATION...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. * TIMING...VERY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
175 WWUS71 KCAR 120728 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 328 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 MEZ029-030-121530- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160412T1600Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 328 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATION...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * 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 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEWITT
226 WWUS71 KCAR 121331 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 931 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 MEZ029-030-121600- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160412T1600Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 931 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATION...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
430 WWUS71 KCAR 121554 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1154 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 MEZ029-030-121800- /O.EXT.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160412T1800Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1154 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATION...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
220 WWUS71 KCAR 121801 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 201 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 MEZ029-030-121915- /O.EXP.KCAR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160412T1800Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 201 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO EASE...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.