Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS ASHLAND. |
| Jun 8, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ASHLAND. |
| Jun 8, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Mapleton, ME | TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 163. |
| Jun 8, 7:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Ene Ashland, ME | NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO |
| Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ASHLAND. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
042 WFUS51 KCAR 082244 TORCAR MEC003-082315- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0005.110608T2244Z-110608T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 644 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORTAGE... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTAGE BY 650 PM EDT... ASHLAND BY 705 PM EDT... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASARDIS BY 715 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 4665 6808 4643 6823 4666 6877 4682 6864 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 298DEG 26KT 4670 6859 $$ NOUHAN
2 follow-up statements
520 WWUS51 KCAR 082256 RRA SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 656 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-082315- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110608T2315Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 656 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ASHLAND BY 705 PM EDT... SQUA PAN BY 710 PM EDT... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPMAN BY 715 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 75 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4665 6858 4676 6847 4665 6808 4643 6823 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 298DEG 26KT 4666 6848 $$ NOUHAN
829 WWUS51 KCAR 082311 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 711 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-082322- /O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110608T2315Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 711 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4665 6858 4676 6847 4665 6808 4643 6823 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 298DEG 26KT 4661 6833 $$ FOSTER
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, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 40 min |
| 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, 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.