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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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
$$
FITZSIMMONSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 76 min |
| Jul 9, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 87 min |
| Jul 9, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 73 min |
| Jul 10, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.