Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2011, 9:22 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 113 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 2, 2011, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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 2, 10:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | East Millinocket, ME | MAIN STREET FLOODED AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR A TIME. A FOOT OF WATER ON MAIN STREET. |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
782 WGUS51 KCAR 021322 FFWCAR MEC003-019-021515- /O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0007.110802T1322Z-110802T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 922 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... * UNTIL 1115 AM EDT * AT 920 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF MEDWAY...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MILLINOCKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEDWAY AND MOLUNKUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. THE FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. && LAT...LON 4605 6819 4591 6781 4537 6849 4547 6874 $$ HEWITT
3 follow-up statements
573 WGUS71 KCAR 021349 FFSCAR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 949 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 MEC003-019-021515- /O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110802T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME- 949 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTIES... AT 943 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MONARDA DOWN THROUGH MEDWAY. RADAR ESTIMATES ARE NOW UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ESPECIALLY JUST SOUTHEAST OF MEDWAY. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYNESVILLE MEDWAY AND MOLUNKUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 4605 6819 4591 6781 4537 6849 4547 6874 $$ HEWITT
408
WGUS71 KCAR 021506
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1106 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MEC003-019-021515-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110802T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
1106 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...
AT 1101 AM EDT...MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED
AREA BUT BEGINNING TO SHIFT TO THE EAST. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MEDWAY...HAYNESVILLE AND EAST MILLINOCKET.
EAST MAIN STREET IN EAST MILLINOCKET WAS FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 6874 4605 6819 4591 6781 4537 6849
4543 6863
$$
HEWITT955
WGUS71 KCAR 021517
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1117 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MEC003-019-021525-
/O.EXP.KCAR.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110802T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
1117 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. MORE RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 4547 6874 4605 6819 4591 6781 4537 6849
4543 6863
$$
HEWITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 50 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.