Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2021, 3:22 PM EST for Knox County, Waldo County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 6, 2021, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2021, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2021, 1:07 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Knox County, ME, Waldo County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
386 WWUS71 KGYX 052022 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 322 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021 MEZ022-027-028-060430- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0400Z/ Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 322 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Interior Waldo, Knox and Coastal Waldo Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM to 11 PM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Tubbs
4 follow-up statements
610 WWUS71 KGYX 060310 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 1010 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021 MEZ022-027-028-061115- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0400Z/ Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 1010 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM to 11 PM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. $$ CK
100 WWUS71 KGYX 060836 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 336 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 MEZ022-027-028-061645- /O.EXT.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0900Z/ Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 336 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...South winds becoming west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds increase through today, becoming gusty. A cold front will cross late this evening with locally stronger gusts possible and a sharp westerly shift in wind direction. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MEC
529 WWUS71 KGYX 062048 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 348 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 MEZ022-027-028-070500- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-211207T0900Z/ Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 348 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds increase late today into this evening, becoming gusty. A cold front will cross late this evening with locally strong gusts as well, possible and a sharp westerly shift in wind direction. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MJC
276 WWUS71 KGYX 070607 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 107 AM EST Tue Dec 7 2021 MEZ022-027-028-070715- /O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-211207T0900Z/ Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 107 AM EST Tue Dec 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Wind speeds will continue to gust out of the west tonight, but will fall below Wind Advisory criteria. $$ GC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2:55 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 52 hr | |
| Dec 5, 3:30 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.