Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2005, 5:04 PM EDT for Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 1, 2005, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2005, 5:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCAR 012105 TORCAR MEC021-012130- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0002.050801T2104Z-050801T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 504 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIPOGENUS...MOUNT KATAHDIN * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RIPOGENUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RIPOGENUS BY 507 PM EDT BAXTER STATE PARK AND MOUNT KATAHDIN REGION BY 525 PM EDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4595 6924 4579 6926 4571 6890 4599 6886 $$ HEWITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCAR 012117 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 517 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 MEC021-012130- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050801T2130Z/ PISCATAQUIS ME- 517 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY... AT 514 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIPOGENUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT KATAHDIN BY 530 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4595 6924 4579 6926 4571 6890 4599 6886 $$ MARK FLECHTNER
000 WWUS51 KCAR 012137 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 535 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 MEC021-012145- /O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050801T2130Z/ PISCATAQUIS ME- 535 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY HAS ALSO EXPIRED... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED SOUTH OF RIPOGENUS. LAT...LON 4595 6924 4579 6926 4571 6890 4599 6886 $$ HEWITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 42 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.