Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2012, 9:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Penobscot County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
320 WGUS51 KCAR 232247 FFWCAR MEC019-240145- /O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0003.120623T2247Z-120624T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 647 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SIMILAR RAINFALL RATES COULD PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ON THE ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID LOW LYING AREAS ALONG BROOKS... STREAMS...AND RIVERS. WATER CAN RISE QUICKLY AND CATCH YOU OFF-GUARD. AVOID WATER CROSSINGS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND BROOKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4609 6878 4610 6847 4587 6847 4587 6881 $$ NORCROSS
2 follow-up statements
728 WGUS71 KCAR 232357 FFSCAR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 757 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 MEC019-240145- /O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120624T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PENOBSCOT ME- 757 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY... AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN RURAL AREAS JUST SOUTH OF SHIN POND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND BROOKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4609 6878 4610 6847 4587 6847 4587 6881 $$ NORCROSS
344 WGUS71 KCAR 240140 FFSCAR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 MEC019-240144- /O.CAN.KCAR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120624T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PENOBSCOT ME- 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY... THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW EXITED THE WARNING AREA. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT LOCALLY UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...WATER LEVELS COULD REMAIN ELEVATED ON BROOKS AND STREAMS OVERNIGHT. BE PARTICULARLY ALERT AFTER DARK ALONG ELEVATED BROOKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 4609 6878 4610 6847 4587 6847 4587 6881 $$ NORCROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Piscataquis | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 11 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.