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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this rip current statement at Sep 29, 2025, 1:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Sep 30, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2025, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 351 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
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780 WHUS41 KGYX 291732 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 132 PM EDT Mon Sep 29 2025 MEZ024>027-300145- /O.NEW.KGYX.RP.S.0003.250930T1200Z-251001T0000Z/ Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- 132 PM EDT Mon Sep 29 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
785 WHUS41 KGYX 300303 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 1103 PM EDT Mon Sep 29 2025 MEZ024>027-301115- /O.CON.KGYX.RP.S.0003.250930T1200Z-251001T0000Z/ Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- 1103 PM EDT Mon Sep 29 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Legro
690 WHUS41 KGYX 300539 CFWGYX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gray ME 139 AM EDT Tue Sep 30 2025 MEZ024>027-301345- /O.CON.KGYX.RP.S.0003.250930T1200Z-251001T0000Z/ Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- 139 AM EDT Tue Sep 30 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 1:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 3 days |
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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.