Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:44 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 20 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, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 5:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
359
WFUS51 KCAR 012044
TORCAR
MEC003-012130-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0003.110601T2044Z-110601T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
444 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEWATER...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF PATTEN...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLETON AND MONTICELLO BY 520 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 4615 6777 4615 6779 4615 6783 4624 6837
4642 6837 4647 6778 4645 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 276DEG 29KT 4628 6827
$$
FOSTER3 follow-up statements
888
WWUS51 KCAR 012047
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
447 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
MEC003-012130-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110601T2130Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
447 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 22 MILES WEST OF
MONTICELLO...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF PATTEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLETON AND MONTICELLO BY 520 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN MAINE.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 6777 4615 6779 4615 6783 4624 6837
4642 6837 4647 6778 4645 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 276DEG 29KT 4628 6825
$$
FOSTER578
WWUS51 KCAR 012103
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
503 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
MEC003-012112-
/O.CAN.KCAR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110601T2130Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
503 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM THAT
WAS POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKEN SO THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN 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 4615 6777 4615 6779 4615 6783 4624 6837
4642 6837 4647 6778 4645 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 276DEG 29KT 4627 6806
$$
FOSTER148
WWUS51 KCAR 012104
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
504 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
MEC003-012112-
/O.CAN.KCAR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110601T2130Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
504 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM THAT
WAS POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKEN SO THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN MAINE.
LAT...LON 4615 6777 4615 6779 4615 6783 4624 6837
4642 6837 4647 6778 4645 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 276DEG 29KT 4627 6806
$$
FOSTERThe 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, 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, 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.