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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 15, 2017, 3:32 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Sep 16, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2017, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 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 19:30 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, 7.5 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
457 WHUS41 KCAR 151932 CFWCAR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 332 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2017 MEZ029-030-160345- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0016.170916T1200Z-170917T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 332 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE MID 50S. * TIMING...SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMERSION. DRESS FOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND KNOW HOW TO PERFORM RESCUES. 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 LIFEJACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
712 WHUS41 KCAR 160714 CFWCAR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 314 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 MEZ029-030-170000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0016.170916T1200Z-170917T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 314 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE MID 50S. * TIMING...SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMERSION. DRESS FOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND KNOW HOW TO PERFORM RESCUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFEJACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$ VJN
006 WHUS41 KCAR 161202 CFWCAR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 802 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 MEZ029-030-162015- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170917T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 802 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE MID 50S. * TIMING...SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMERSION. DRESS FOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND KNOW HOW TO PERFORM RESCUES. 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 LIFEJACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$
065 WHUS41 KCAR 162046 CFWCAR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 446 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 MEZ029-030-170000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170917T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 446 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE MID 50S. * TIMING...SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMERSION. DRESS FOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND KNOW HOW TO PERFORM RESCUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFEJACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$
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.