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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

June 9, 2011Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 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: Jun 9, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
Jun 9, 4:38 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caribou, ME	WATER AND DEBRIS ON HIGHWAY 161.
Jun 9, 4:44 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caribou, ME	WATER AND DEBRIS ON HIGH STREET IN CARIBOU.
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caribou, ME	DAMAGE AND DEBIRS ON GRIMES MILL ROAD.
Jun 9, 4:50 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 E Caribou, ME	PARTS OF ROUTE 161 CLOSED DUE TO WATER AND DEBRIS ON ROAD.
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caribou, ME	DEBRIS ON LIMESTONE STREET.
Jun 9, 5:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Caribou, ME	WATER OF 18 TO 24 INCHES DEEP RUNNING ACROSS SWEDEN STREET.
Jun 9, 6:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nw Fort Fairfield, ME	STRICKLAND ROAD WASHED OUT BY HEAVY RAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 14 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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

081 
WGUS51 KCAR 092010
FFWCAR
MEC003-092315-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0003.110609T2010Z-110609T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
410 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...LIMESTONE...FORT
  FAIRFIELD...CARIBOU...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4713 6788 4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778
      4666 6777 4664 6779 4664 6805 4714 6798

$$

WALKER

2 follow-up statements

814 
WGUS71 KCAR 092111
FFSCAR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
511 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MEC003-092315-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-
511 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMESTONE 
AND FORT FAIRFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MAINE.

&&

LAT...LON 4673 6785 4674 6796 4690 6794 4704 6795
      4704 6793 4705 6787 4706 6783 4706 6778
      4673 6777

$$
HEWITT

350 
WGUS71 KCAR 092313
FFSCAR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
713 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MEC003-092323-
/O.EXP.KCAR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-
713 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MAINE.

LAT...LON 4673 6785 4674 6796 4690 6794 4704 6795
      4704 6793 4705 6787 4706 6783 4706 6778
      4673 6777

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	26 min
Jun 9, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	46 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	41 min
Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	16 min
Jun 9, 3:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	2 hr
Jun 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	47 min
Jun 9, 4:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Aroostook	28 min
Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	52 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	38 min
Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.