Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2011, 8:08 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 22, 2011, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Monticello, ME | LIGHTNING STRIKE AND WIND...TREE DOWN OVER CAMP SITE 4 INJURED. NOT LIFE THREATING. |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KCAR 230008
TORCAR
MEC003-230045-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0010.110723T0008Z-110723T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
808 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOULTON...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOULTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF PRESQUE ISLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTICELLO LITTLETON...HOULTON AND 8 MILES NORTH OF HODGDON BY
845 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4597 6783 4623 6810 4640 6817 4653 6797
4632 6777 4606 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 323DEG 29KT 4641 6808
$$
VJN2 follow-up statements
731
WWUS51 KCAR 230028
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
828 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
MEC003-230045-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110723T0045Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
828 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...OR 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOULTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLETON BY 835 PM EDT...
HOULTON BY 845 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4606 6777 4622 6798 4626 6801 4642 6786
4632 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 323DEG 29KT 4627 6793
$$
NOUHAN259
WWUS51 KCAR 230045
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
845 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
MEC003-230054-
/O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110723T0045Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
845 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM EDT...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PROMPTING THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST INTO NEW BRUNSWICK.
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.
LAT...LON 4606 6777 4622 6798 4626 6801 4642 6786
4632 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 323DEG 29KT 4617 6782
$$
NOUHANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 65 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.