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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Caribou, ME

August 1, 2006Somerset County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2006, 8:14 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2006, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 5 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:48 AM EDT, 14 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
548 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

ANZ050-MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-021000-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
548 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND
INCREASING HUMIDITY TO THE REGION TODAY...ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN
OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED ALL OF NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE IN A SLIGHT
RISK AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

VERY WARM AND CONTINUED HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY
IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR
DOWNEAST MAINE WHERE HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ARE POSSIBLE.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY TO AREAS IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT
INCLUDING CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE. ONCE AGAIN...SOME STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY OVER CENTRAL AND
DOWNEAST MAINE AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT
LAKES. HIGH PRESSURE WITH COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS SHOULD
BUILD INTO THE REGION LATER THURSDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

KHW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 2:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
515 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

MEZ001-003-004-012215-

AROOSTOOK...SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

515 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

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

AT 512 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 11 MILES NORTH
OF DAAQUAM TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BILLY-JACK DEPOT. THE LINE WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NOW IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE INCLUDE...
    DAAQUAM AT 515 PM EDT
    NINE-MILE BRIDGE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT AT 530 PM EDT
    BAKER LAKE AT 535 PM EDT
    CLAYTON LAKE AT 545 PM EDT

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    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 4683 7006 4584 7061 4586 6971 4678 6945

FITZSIMMONS

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
600 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

MEZ003-004-010-012300-

SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

600 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

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

AT 555 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKER LAKE. THE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NOW IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    ROCKWOOD AND MOOSEHEAD AT 630 PM EDT
    LOBSTER LAKE AT 635 PM EDT
    KOKADJO AT 645 PM EDT
    RIPOGENUS...GREENVILLE AT 650 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    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 4630 6996 4597 7038 4537 6975 4576 6896

FITZSIMMONS

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
646 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

MEZ003-004-010-012345-

SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

646 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

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

AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF BILLY-JACK DEPOT.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NOW IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    BILLY-JACK DEPOT AT 650 PM EDT
    BAKER LAKE AT 655 PM EDT
    CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE AT 720 PM EDT
    CHESUNCOOK...LOBSTER LAKE...ROCKWOOD AT 735 PM EDT
    RIPOGENUS AT 745 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    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 4653 6991 4602 7036 4528 6947 4592 6886

FITZSIMMONS

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:40 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
740 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

MEZ003-004-020030-

SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

740 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006

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

AT 735 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BILLY-JACK
DEPOT. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 830 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    BILLY-JACK DEPOT...   BAKER LAKE...         CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE...
    CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...   CHESUNCOOK...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH
    CAUSING PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    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 4662 7024 4601 7072 4582 6906 4650 6893

FITZSIMMONS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Somerset	65 min
Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis, Somerset	56 min
Aug 1, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	53 min
Aug 1, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	63 min
Aug 1, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	59 min
Aug 1, 10:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	3 hr
Aug 1, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	50 min
Aug 1, 10:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	44 min
Aug 1, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	55 min
Aug 1, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	59 min
Aug 1, 11:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	65 min
Aug 2, 12:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	59 min
Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	55 min
Aug 2, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	60 min
Aug 2, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.