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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME

July 8, 2003Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2003, 10:21 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2003, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Whole counties

County Aroostook County, ME

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCAR 090221
SVRCAR
MEC003-090245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1020 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1020 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS JUST WEST OF VAN
  BUREN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 1035 PM EDT...
    VAN BUREN...

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 4722 6791 4705 6813 4700 6767 4721 6743

NOUHAN
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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.