Alert archive / Maine / Small Craft Advisories in 2018

Small Craft Advisory 68, NWS Caribou, ME

October 10, 2018

NWS Caribou, ME issued this small craft advisory at Oct 10, 2018, 2:29 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 10, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 2018, 2:29 AM EDT (06:29 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 10, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Oct 10, 2:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 2:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 2:28 AM EDT, 1 minute before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 10:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1045 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2018

MEZ001>006-100415-
Southeast Aroostook-Northern Piscataquis-Northern Somerset-Northeast
Aroostook-Northern Penobscot-Northwest Aroostook-
1045 PM EDT TUE OCT 9 2018

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
SOMERSET...NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS...CENTRAL AROOSTOOK AND NORTH
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

Showers with very heavy rainfall will move across the region through
midnight. An isolated thunderstorm is possible. Rainfall of 0.50 to
1.00 inch can be expected in less than 30 minutes. This heavy
rainfall could lead to ponding of water on roadways with low
visibilities.

Locations impacted include...
Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Deboullie Mountain,
Saint Juste, Clayton Lake, Saint Pamphile, Portage, Mapleton,
Washburn, Mars Hill, Ashland, Easton, Woodland, Bridgewater, Portage
Lake, Masardis, Oxbow and Churchill Dam.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 1 between Monticello and Caribou.
 State Highway 11 between Masardis and Winterville.

LAT...LON 4658 7002 4701 6968 4701 6779 4624 6779
      4648 7004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 288DEG 40KT 4677 6897

Hewitt

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	90 min
Oct 9, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis	59 min

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Maine, 2018 Every small craft advisory in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.