Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2011, 6:05 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 40 min. 4 reports 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 8, 2011, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 8, 6:22 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Stockholm, ME | NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO WITH A 10 MILE INTERMITTENT PATH. |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stockholm, ME | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN STOCKHOLM. |
| Jun 8, 6:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Woodland, ME | NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED |
| Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Woodland, ME | SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WFUS51 KCAR 082205 TORCAR MEC003-082245- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0004.110608T2205Z-110608T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 605 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EAGLE LAKE... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAGLE LAKE...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTH OF WOODLAND BY 645 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 4709 6802 4687 6813 4701 6860 4719 6850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 290DEG 26KT 4708 6848 $$ NOUHAN
2 follow-up statements
725 WWUS51 KCAR 082221 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 621 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-082245- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T2245Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 621 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF GUERETTE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF EAGLE LAKE...MOVING EAST-SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STOCKHOLM BY 635 PM EDT... NEW SWEDEN BY 640 PM EDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF WOODLAND BY 645 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. && LAT...LON 4698 6847 4714 6833 4709 6802 4687 6813 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 290DEG 26KT 4704 6832 $$ NOUHAN
761 WWUS51 KCAR 082239 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 639 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-082248- /O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110608T2245Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 639 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT... HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS REPLACES THIS WARNING. 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 4698 6847 4714 6833 4709 6802 4687 6813 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 290DEG 26KT 4700 6815 $$ VJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 78 min |
| Jun 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 119 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 43 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.