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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Caribou, ME

July 15, 2002Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2002, 5:59 PM EDT for Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2002, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Whole counties

County Piscataquis County, ME

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Caribou, ME at 12:00Z on 2002-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 12:00Z on 2002-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

608 
WUUS51 KCAR 152159
SVRCAR
MEC021-152245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
555 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR BAXTER 
STATE PARK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
    BAXTER ST PARK...     TELOS LAKE...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY 
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

$$

LAT...LON 4576 6972 4549 6964 4581 6888 4640 6888

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARPiscataquis84 min
Jul 15, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR92 min
Jul 15, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR92 min
Jul 15, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook54 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.