Alert archive / Maine / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2023, 3:23 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2023, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2023, 2:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WHUS41 KCAR 170723 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 323 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 MEZ029-030-171530- /O.CAN.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230917T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.RP.S.0001.230917T0723Z-230917T2200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 323 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and the beach patrol. Pay attention to flags and posted signs. && $$
2 follow-up statements
308 WHUS41 KCAR 171555 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 1155 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 MEZ029-030-172200- /O.CON.KCAR.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-230917T2200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 1155 AM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins...jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards and the beach patrol. Pay attention to flags and posted signs. && $$
284 WHUS41 KCAR 171829 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 229 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 MEZ029-030-171930- /O.CAN.KCAR.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-230917T2200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 229 PM EDT Sun Sep 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Seas and swells have started to subside, thus the rip current risk has been cancelled. Continue to be cautious around waters. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Washington | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 4 hr | |
| Sep 17, 3:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 16 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.