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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2012, 3:17 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 23, 2012, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 23, 3:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Limestone, ME | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER AND DEBRIS OVER ROUTE 1A SOUTH OF LIMESTONE |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WGUS51 KCAR 231917
FFWCAR
MEC003-232015-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0013.120723T1917Z-120723T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
317 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMESTONE...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 312 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A WASH OUT
ON ROUTE 1A NEAR LIMESTONE FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 4692 6777 4686 6778 4686 6779 4687 6786
4692 6785 4693 6778
$$1 follow-up statement
769
WGUS71 KCAR 232002
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
402 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
MEC003-232009-
/O.CAN.KCAR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120723T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AROOSTOOK ME-
402 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4692 6777 4686 6778 4686 6779 4687 6786
4692 6785 4693 6778
$$
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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.