Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 43 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 8, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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, 7:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Wsw Presque Isle, ME | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
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 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
873 WFUS51 KCAR 082332 TORCAR MEC003-090015- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0006.110608T2332Z-110609T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 732 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... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ASHLAND... OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SQUA PAN BY 740 PM EDT... CHAPMAN BY 750 PM EDT... WESTFIELD BY 810 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. && LAT...LON 4661 6787 4641 6806 4659 6855 4674 6844 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 295DEG 34KT 4665 6843 $$ NOUHAN
3 follow-up statements
553 WWUS51 KCAR 082335 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 735 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-090015- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110609T0015Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 735 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 731 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ASHLAND...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SQUA PAN BY 740 PM EDT... CHAPMAN BY 750 PM EDT... WESTFIELD BY 810 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. && LAT...LON 4661 6787 4641 6806 4659 6855 4674 6844 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 295DEG 34KT 4664 6842 $$ NOUHAN
518 WWUS51 KCAR 082352 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 752 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-090015- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110609T0015Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 752 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESQUE ISLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTFIELD BY 810 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. && LAT...LON 4658 6790 4641 6806 4653 6835 4664 6818 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 295DEG 34KT 4657 6821 $$ NOUHAN
627 WWUS51 KCAR 090011 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 811 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MEC003-090021- /O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110609T0015Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 811 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE STORM PROMPTING THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER TORNADIC OR SEVERE...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN MAINE. LAT...LON 4658 6790 4641 6806 4653 6835 4664 6818 TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 295DEG 34KT 4649 6796 $$ NOUHAN
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, 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 |
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.