Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Caribou, ME

Issued

Jun 29, 2012, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 2012, 7:43 PM EDT

In force

99 min

Issued by

NWS Caribou, ME

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Aroostook County, ME

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

440 
WGUS51 KCAR 292204
FFWCAR
MEC003-300100-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0010.120629T2204Z-120630T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
604 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LIMESTONE...CARIBOU...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 558 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
  MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
  CAN BE EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  STOCKHOLM...NEW SWEDEN AND WOODLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. THE FLOOD
WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING
WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN!

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4713 6788 4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778
      4685 6778 4680 6817 4711 6822 4715 6790

$$
HEWITT

789 
WGUS71 KCAR 292235
FFSCAR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

MEC003-300100-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120630T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 625 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH STREET FLOODING IN CARIBOU AND 
OUT IN THE NEW SWEDEN AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
STOCKHOLM...WOODLAND...CARIBOU AND LIMESTONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4713 6788 4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778
      4685 6778 4680 6817 4711 6822 4715 6790

$$

HEWITT

545 
WGUS71 KCAR 292343
FFSCAR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
743 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

MEC003-292352-
/O.CAN.KCAR.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120630T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-
743 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED EAST 
OF THE AREA AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 4713 6788 4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778
      4685 6778 4680 6817 4711 6822 4715 6790

$$

HEWITT

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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.