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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME

June 9, 2011Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 28 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 9, 2011, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDTTORNADO2 Ne Fort Fairfield, MENWS STORM SURVEY INDICATED AN EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 50 YARDS AND AN ESTIMATED PATH LENGTH OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. DAMAGE CONFINED TO TREES.
Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Fort Fairfield, METREES DOWN ON ABOUT 6 INCHES ACROSS. GRAVEL AND DIRT ACROSS ROAD.
Jun 9, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Fort Fairfield, METREES DOWN ON ROUTE 1A BETWEEN FORT FAIRFIELD AND LIMESTONE
Jun 9, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 12 Ne Fort Fairfield, ME

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Caribou, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

600 
WFUS51 KCAR 092002
TORCAR
MEC003-092030-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0007.110609T2002Z-110609T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
402 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT FAIRFIELD...CARIBOU...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CARIBOU...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT FAIRFIELD BY 415 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 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MAINE.

&&

LAT...LON 4687 6778 4662 6778 4662 6779 4679 6812
      4694 6803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 300DEG 30KT 4681 6796

$$

MIGNONE
2 follow-up statements
936 
WWUS51 KCAR 092011
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
411 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MEC003-092030-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110609T2030Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
411 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT FAIRFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MAINE.

&&

LAT...LON 4677 6799 4685 6794 4687 6778 4662 6778
      4662 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 300DEG 30KT 4677 6788

$$


HEWITT
625 
WWUS51 KCAR 092024
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
424 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MEC003-092035-
/O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110609T2030Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
424 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM EDT...

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 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MAINE.

LAT...LON 4677 6799 4685 6794 4687 6778 4662 6778
      4662 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 300DEG 30KT 4671 6773

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook26 min
Jun 9, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis46 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis41 min
Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook16 min
Jun 9, 3:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook2 hr
Jun 9, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook47 min
Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook3 hr
Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis52 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot38 min
Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington45 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.