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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2007, 12:56 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2007, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2007, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Van Buren, ME | TREES DOWN CASTONGUAY ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCAR 031658 TORCAR MEC003-031730- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0002.070803T1656Z-070803T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1256 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR... NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VAN BUREN... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT... * AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STOCKHOLM CURRENTLY VAN BUREN BY 115 PM EDT... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... DIAL 1-877-633-6772 OR CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR MAINE. LAT...LON 4710 6829 4698 6818 4710 6773 4726 6797 $$ NOUHAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCAR 031709 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 106 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007 MEC003-031730- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070803T1730Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 106 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF STOCKHOLM OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN BUREN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN BUREN BY 120 PM EDT... NEAR HAMLIN AT 130 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS LOCALLY UP TO 65 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... DIAL 1-877-633-6772 OR CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR MAINE. LAT...LON 4713 6811 4704 6802 4710 6773 4726 6797 $$ NOUHAN
000 WWUS51 KCAR 031724 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 121 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007 MEC003-031731- /O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070803T1730Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 121 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 130 PM EDT... THE STORM HAS CROSSED EAST OVER THE BORDER INTO NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... DIAL 1-877-633-6772 OR CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR MAINE. LAT...LON 4713 6811 4704 6802 4710 6773 4726 6797 $$ NOUHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 7:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 7:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 12:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 1:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 95 min |
| Aug 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 21 min |
| Aug 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.