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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WFUS51 KCAR 011932 TORCAR MEC003-019-021-012000- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0001.110601T1932Z-110601T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 332 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... NORTH CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE... CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAXTER ST PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY AT 350 PM EDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. && LAT...LON 4651 6882 4622 6882 4616 6932 4633 6939 TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 249DEG 42KT 4626 6926 $$ FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
890 WWUS51 KCAR 011947 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 347 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 MEC003-019-021-012000- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110601T2000Z/ PISCATAQUIS ME-AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME- 347 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT...CENTRAL AROOSTOOK AND NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES... AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER ST PARK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY AT 400 PM EDT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. && LAT...LON 4619 6915 4635 6913 4651 6882 4622 6882 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 249DEG 42KT 4632 6902 $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.