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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 10, 2017, 3:20 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jun 10, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2017, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 10, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:20 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 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
826 WHUS41 KCAR 100720 CFWCAR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 320 AM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017 MEZ029-030-101530- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0001.170610T1200Z-170611T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 320 AM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ALONG COASTAL HANCOCK AND COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INCLUDING ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, LAMOINE BEACH, CASTINE, ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK, AND QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARMER AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S ON LAND MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE IN THE 40S. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA TO ANYONE IMMERSED IN THE WATER. ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TO AVOID THIS THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$ CB
1 follow-up statement
623 WHUS41 KCAR 101938 CFWCAR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 338 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017 MEZ029-030-110000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170611T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 338 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG COASTAL HANCOCK AND COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INCLUDING ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, LAMOINE BEACH, CASTINE, ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK, AND QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARMER AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S ON LAND MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE IN THE 40S. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA TO ANYONE IMMERSED IN THE WATER. ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TO AVOID THIS THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:21 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Jun 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.