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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME

July 9, 2005Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2005, 11:10 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2005, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

County Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2005-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2005-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 
WWUS81 KCAR 100311
SPSCAR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1110 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

MEZ004-005-010-011-031-100415-

PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

1110 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT
COUNTIES...

AT 1105 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS...STRETCHING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN TO 13 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 1215 AM EDT INCLUDE...
    BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...                      LINCOLN...
    MILO...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH MINOR STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE...          
    DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 STRIKES PER MINUTE...

IF THREATENING SKIES APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IN A SHELTER OR
BUILDING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

REPORT WEATHER RELATED 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 4586 6892 4543 6970 4520 6922 4537 6813

$$

FITZSIMMONS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook57 min
Jul 9, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot76 min
Jul 9, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook87 min
Jul 9, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot73 min
Jul 10, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot54 min
Jul 10, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.