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Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 10, 2021, 5:25 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Sep 10, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2021, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2021, 2:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 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 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397 WHUS41 KCAR 100925 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 525 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 MEZ029-030-102100- /O.NEW.KCAR.CF.S.0003.210910T1500Z-210910T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210911T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 525 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the, Coastal Flood Statement minor splash over along low lying coastal locations. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the Coastal Flood Statement, from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * TIDAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Water will begin to approach the most vulnerable locations near the waterfronts 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. && $$ Norcross
2 follow-up statements
123 WHUS41 KCAR 101549 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 1149 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 MEZ029-030-110600- /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210911T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCAR.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210910T2100Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 1149 AM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the Coastal Flood Statement, minor splash over along low lying coastal locations. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the Coastal Flood Statement until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. * TIDAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Water will begin to approach the most vulnerable locations near the waterfronts and piers. Low-lying causeways will have some minor splash-over, but inundation is not expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$ Sinko
743 WHUS41 KCAR 101854 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 254 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 MEZ029-030-110800- /O.CAN.KCAR.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210910T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KCAR.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 254 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Saturday. * 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. && $$ Sinko
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 11:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 10 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
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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.