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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this beach hazards statement at May 21, 2017, 3:36 AM EDT for Rockingham County, New Hampshire; 6 counties in Maine. It took effect at May 21, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2017, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 3022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
756 WHUS41 KGYX 210736 CFWGYX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 336 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...VERY COLD WATER WILL RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA RISK TO PADDLERS... .WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE GULF OF MAINE REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. ANYONE VENTURING ONTO THE WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR COLD WATER IMMERSION. PADDLE SMART...ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-211745- /O.NEW.KGYX.BH.S.0003.170521T1200Z-170522T0000Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 336 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION... * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS...LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * 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 LIFEJACKET. && $$
1 follow-up statement
027 WHUS41 KGYX 211717 CFWGYX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 117 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...VERY COLD WATER WILL RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA RISK TO PADDLERS... .WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE GULF OF MAINE REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. ANYONE VENTURING ONTO THE WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR COLD WATER IMMERSION. PADDLE SMART...ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-220000- /O.CON.KGYX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170522T0000Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 117 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * BEACH HAZARD...THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS...LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA TO ANYONE IMMERSED IN THE WATER. ANYONE ON BOATS OR PADDLECRAFT SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TO AVOID THIS THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON DAYS WHEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATS AND PADDLECRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT ON THE WATER AND WHEN WARM AIR TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF THE COLD WATER. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. && $$ LEGRO
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.