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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Caribou, ME

August 1, 2005Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2005, 7:32 PM EDT for Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2005, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 7:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDover-Foxcroft, METREES DOWN ON THE EAST DOVER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2005-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2005-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCAR 012332
SVRCAR
MEC021-020000-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0021.050801T2332Z-050802T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
732 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER-FOXCROFT

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOVER-FOXCROFT...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LAT...LON 4524 6929 4508 6933 4516 6872 4532 6878

$$

MARK FLECHTNER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCAR 012347
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
746 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEC021-020000-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050802T0000Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-
746 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...

AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATKINSON...OR ABOUT 10
MILES EAST OF DOVER-FOXCROFT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MEDFORD.

LAT...LON 4524 6929 4508 6933 4516 6872 4532 6878

$$

MARK FLECHTNER
000 
WWUS51 KCAR 020000
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
759 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEC021-020009-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050802T0000Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-
759 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS 
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THE PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE 
COUNTY.
 
LAT...LON 4524 6929 4508 6933 4516 6872 4532 6878

$$

HEWITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot81 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis51 min
Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCARPiscataquis33 min
Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot60 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis47 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot59 min
Aug 1, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot44 min
Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCARPenobscot32 min
Aug 1, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot54 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.