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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 9, 2021, 2:54 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Sep 9, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2021, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
363 WHUS41 KCAR 091854 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 254 PM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021 MEZ029-030-100800- /O.NEW.KCAR.CF.S.0002.210910T0300Z-210910T0800Z/ /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210911T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 254 PM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 1 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the, Coastal Flood Statement minor splash over along low lying coastal roads. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the, from 11 PM EDT this evening through late tonight. * TIDAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Water will begin to approach the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and piers. Low-lying causeways will have some minor splash-over, but inundation is not expected. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$ Sinko
1 follow-up statement
691 WHUS41 KCAR 100744 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 344 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 MEZ029-030-101600- /O.EXP.KCAR.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210910T0800Z/ /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210911T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 344 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Saturday. * TIDAL FLOOD IMPACTS...The Coastal Flood Statement has been allowed to expire. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$ Norcross
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 21 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.