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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2011, 7:22 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- Jul 22, 2011, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 22, 7:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | MANY TREES DOWN |
| Jul 22, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, ME | GARAGE MOVED APPROXIMATELY 8-10 FEET OF ITS FOUNDATION. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
228 WFUS51 KCAR 222322 TORCAR MEC003-230015- /O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0008.110722T2322Z-110723T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 722 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 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 815 PM EDT * AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PORTAGE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ASHLAND BY 735 PM EDT... MAPLETON BY 750 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 4658 6786 4629 6812 4668 6864 4683 6851 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 300DEG 23KT 4671 6845 $$ NOUHAN
1 follow-up statement
232 WWUS51 KCAR 222345 SVSCAR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 745 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 MEC003-230015- /O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110723T0015Z/ AROOSTOOK ME- 745 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHAPMAN BY 755 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 75 MPH. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. && LAT...LON 4655 6789 4632 6811 4655 6836 4669 6826 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 300DEG 23KT 4664 6827 $$ NOUHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:40 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 15 hr | |
| Jul 22, 3:42 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 14 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.