Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 3:15 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 60 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1986, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Aroostook, ME | |
| Jun 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Aroostook, ME |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPWM 161916 RRA SVRCAR BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME 315 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 MEC003-162015- BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 315 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHER ARROOSTOOK. AT 3 PM THE PORTLAND RADAR INDICATED A POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF MILLINOCKET MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMbMEDIATELY. /WSO CARIBOU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Somerset | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 60 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.