Alert archive / Maine / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at May 4, 2018, 12:43 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at May 5, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2018, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2018, 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 16:48 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, 4.7 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
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
498 WHUS41 KCAR 041643 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 1243 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050045- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0002.180505T1200Z-180506T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 1243 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 ...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...The warm air temperatures around 60 degrees may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently only in the lower 40s. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
283 WHUS41 KCAR 041949 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 349 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050400- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0002.180505T1200Z-180506T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 349 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * Location...Acadia National Park...Schoodic Point Peninsula... Lamoine Beach...Castine...Roque Bluffs State Park...Quoddy Head State Park. * Beach Hazard...The warm air temperatures around 60 degrees may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently only in the lower 40s. * Timing...Saturday * Impacts...Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use caution and be prepared for immersion. Dress for water temperatures and know how to perform rescues. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your lifejacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides and localized currents. && $$
357 WHUS41 KCAR 050746 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 346 AM EDT Sat May 5 2018 MEZ029-030-051600- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0002.180505T1200Z-180506T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 346 AM EDT Sat May 5 2018 ...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 around 60 degrees may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently only in the lower 40s. * 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. && $$
689 WHUS41 KCAR 051402 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 1002 AM EDT Sat May 5 2018 MEZ029-030-052215- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180506T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 1002 AM EDT Sat May 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * Location...Acadia National Park...Schoodic Point Peninsula... Lamoine Beach...Castine...Roque Bluffs State Park...Quoddy Head State Park. * Beach Hazard...The warm air temperatures around 60 degrees may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently only in the lower 40s. * Timing...Today * Impacts...Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use caution and be prepared for immersion. Dress for water temperatures and know how to perform rescues. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your lifejacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides and localized currents. && $$
515 WHUS41 KCAR 051938 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 338 PM EDT Sat May 5 2018 MEZ029-030-060000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180506T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 338 PM EDT Sat May 5 2018 ...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...The warm air temperatures in the mid 60s may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently only in the lower 40s. * Timing...Into this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 4 days |
| May 4, 3:29 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 10 hr | |
| May 4, 1:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 24 hr |
| May 4, 1:38 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 20 hr |
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.