Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2009, 11:54 PM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 115 min. 5 reports 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
- Jul 12, 2009, 11:54 PM EDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2009, 1:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:20 AM EDT | FLOOD | 7 Nw Orland, ME | INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 1 AND THE RIVER ROAD IN BUCKSPORT FLOODED. |
| Jul 13, 12:20 AM EDT | FLOOD | Eddington, ME | EDDINGTON TOWN OFFICE REPORTED TWO DIRT ROADS HAVE DAMAGE NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO FLOOD DAMAGE. |
| Jul 13, 12:20 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eddington, ME | EDDINGTON TOWN OFFICE REPORTED TWO DIRT ROADS HAVE DAMAGE NEEDING TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO FLOOD DAMAGE. |
| Jul 13, 12:20 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ese Bucksport, ME | INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 1 AND RIVER ROAD IN BUCKSPORT FLOODED. |
| Jul 13, 1:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Holden, ME | WASHOUTS ON THE COPELAND ROAD, SOUTH ROAD AND THE FISHER ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCAR 130354
FFWCAR
MEC009-019-130645-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0013.090713T0354Z-090713T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1154 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...BANGOR...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUCKSPORT...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT
* AT 1152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM A LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DEDHAM...OR 10 MILES EAST OF BANGOR...MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DEDHAM...HOLDEN AND CLIFTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4450 6878 4455 6876 4461 6886 4469 6883
4468 6894 4469 6896 4517 6839 4495 6805
4494 6809 4481 6806 4448 6875
$$
HEWITT3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KCAR 130430
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1230 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
MEC009-019-130645-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090713T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-
1230 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 1225 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED PONDING OF
WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 1 AND RIVER ROAD IN BUCKSPORT.
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH
COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS AFFECTED BY
THE HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE...KIDDER BROOK...MILL BROOK AND THE
ORLAND RIVER.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARIAVILLE...BRADLEY...CLIFTON...MILFORD...AMHERST...AURORA AND
GREAT POND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4450 6878 4455 6876 4461 6886 4469 6883
4468 6894 4469 6896 4517 6839 4495 6805
4494 6809 4481 6806 4448 6875
$$
HEWITT000
WGUS71 KCAR 130536
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
136 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
MEC009-019-130645-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090713T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-
136 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE RAIN HAS
DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST HOUR. THE MILL AND KIDDER
BROOKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFULL. FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAMPDEN...DEDHAM AND GREAT POND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CARIBOU MAINE.
&&
LAT...LON 4456 6876 4462 6882 4469 6883 4470 6886
4473 6891 4517 6839 4495 6805 4494 6809
4481 6806 4455 6860 4453 6866
$$
HEWITT000
WGUS71 KCAR 130549
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
149 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
MEC009-019-130558-
/O.CAN.KCAR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090713T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-
149 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN HANCOCK
AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4456 6876 4462 6882 4469 6883 4470 6886
4473 6891 4517 6839 4495 6805 4494 6809
4481 6806 4455 6860 4453 6866
$$
HEWITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 11:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 42 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.