Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 10:36 AM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 39 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 4, 2006, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2006, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Penobscot County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCAR 041436 SVRCAR MEC019-041515- /O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0021.060704T1436Z-060704T1515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1036 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... * UNTIL 1115 AM EDT. * AT 1033 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE...HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LINCOLN BY 1050 AM EDT... LAT...LON 4531 6877 4520 6870 4533 6820 4550 6830 $$ BLOOMER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCAR 041448 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1048 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 MEC019-041515- /O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060704T1515Z/ PENOBSCOT ME- 1048 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY... AT 1042 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEE BY 1100 AM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4533 6862 4525 6857 4533 6820 4550 6830 $$ BLOOMER
000 WWUS51 KCAR 041519 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1117 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 MEC019-041527- /O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060704T1515Z/ PENOBSCOT ME- 1117 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1115 AM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4533 6862 4525 6857 4533 6820 4550 6830 $$ BLOOMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 98 min | |
| Jul 4, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 54 min | |
| Jul 4, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 65 min | |
| Jul 4, 9:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Waldo | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 57 min | |
| Jul 4, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 59 min | |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 58 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.