Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2017, 2:57 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Nov 19, 2017, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2017, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2017, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2017, 10:40 PM EST
- 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 07:58 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, 8.0 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
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
356 WWUS71 KCAR 190757 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 257 AM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 MEZ029-030-192000- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.171119T1700Z-171120T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 257 AM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight EST tonight. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Locally higher gusts possible. * TIMING...This afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down tree limbs and a few trees. Scattered power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
2 follow-up statements
822 WWUS71 KCAR 192000 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 300 PM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 MEZ029-030-200400- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171120T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 300 PM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
815 WWUS71 KCAR 200340 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 1040 PM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 MEZ029-030-200445- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171120T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 1040 PM EST Sun Nov 19 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Caribou has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds will remain below advisory levels overnight. Wind gusts of 30 to 35 mph are expected overnight. $$ Norcross
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.