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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 1, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 1, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Wsw Oxbow, ME | TREE DAMAGE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
162 WFUS51 KCAR 011959 TORCAR MEC003-019-021-012045- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0002.110601T1959Z-110601T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 359 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE... CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOOSEHORN CROSSING...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER ST PARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOOSEHORN CROSSING BY 405 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 4645 6825 4615 6822 4618 6890 4637 6891 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 261DEG 38KT 4629 6883 $$ FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
609 WWUS51 KCAR 012021 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 421 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 MEC021-012031- /O.CAN.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110601T2045Z/ PISCATAQUIS ME- 421 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. LAT...LON 4622 6866 4640 6866 4645 6825 4615 6822 TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 261DEG 38KT 4633 6850 $$ MEC003-019-012045- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110601T2045Z/ AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME- 421 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTIES... AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF PATTEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY AT 440 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 4622 6866 4640 6866 4645 6825 4615 6822 TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 261DEG 38KT 4633 6850 $$ 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, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 40 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 |
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.