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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 8, 2017, 6:04 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jul 9, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2017, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 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 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.1 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
799 WHUS41 KCAR 082204 CFWCAR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 604 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017 MEZ029-030-091015- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0006.170709T1200Z-170710T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 604 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE LOWER 50S. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 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. && $$ PF
2 follow-up statements
991 WHUS41 KCAR 090716 CFWCAR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 316 AM EDT SUN JUL 9 2017 MEZ029-030-100000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0006.170709T1200Z-170710T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 316 AM EDT SUN JUL 9 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACADIA NATIONAL PARK...SCHOODIC POINT PENINSULA... LAMOINE BEACH...CASTINE...ROQUE BLUFFS STATE PARK...QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK. * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE LOWER 50S. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMERSION. DRESS FOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND KNOW HOW TO PERFORM RESCUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFEJACKET. BE AWARE OF WIND CONDITIONS, TIDES AND LOCALIZED CURRENTS. && $$ VJN
721 WHUS41 KCAR 092348 CFWCAR URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 748 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2017 MEZ029-030-100100- /O.EXP.KCAR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170710T0000Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 748 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ NORCROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 3 hr |
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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.