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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 14, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Aug 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
742 WHUS41 KCAR 141738 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 138 PM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 MEZ029-030-150145- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0021.250815T1200Z-250816T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 138 PM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT.... * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...The cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia to anyone in the water. Anyone on a boat or paddlecraft should use extreme caution. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your life jacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides, and localized currents. && $$
2 follow-up statements
372 WHUS41 KCAR 141829 AAA CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Caribou ME 229 PM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 MEZ029-030-160000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0021.250815T1200Z-250816T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 229 PM EDT Thu Aug 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT....The warm air temperatures in the middle 70s to low 80s may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water temperatures which are currently in the middle 50s. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...The cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia to anyone in the water. Anyone on a boat or paddlecraft should use extreme caution. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your life jacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides, and localized currents. && $$
593 WHUS41 KCAR 152332 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 732 PM EDT Fri Aug 15 2025 MEZ029-030-160045- /O.EXP.KCAR.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250816T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 732 PM EDT Fri Aug 15 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:38 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CAR | 59 min | |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 11 min |
| Aug 14, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CAR | 28 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 26 min |
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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.