Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 4:24 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 3:10 PM EST
- In force
- 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 09:29 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, 9.4 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
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
961 WWUS71 KCAR 100924 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 424 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 MEZ029-030-101730- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.170111T0400Z-170111T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 424 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
879 WWUS71 KCAR 101507 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1007 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 MEZ029-030-110000- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.170111T0400Z-170111T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 1007 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VJN
893 WWUS71 KCAR 102010 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 310 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 MEZ029-030-110930- /O.UPG.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.170111T0400Z-170111T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.HW.W.0001.170111T0500Z-170111T1500Z/ COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 310 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POSSIBLY A FEW POWER LINES. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MEZ016-017-110930- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0003.170111T0500Z-170111T1500Z/ INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK... GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON 310 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:34 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 29 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:43 PM EST | Storm Warning | CAR | 18 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:10 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:50 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 15 hr |
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.