Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2012, 10:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Jun 23, 2012, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Patten, ME | ROUTE 11 FLOODED BUT HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC. |
| Jun 24, 12:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Millinocket, ME | SOME ROADS IN MILLINOCKET WERE FLOODED. |
| Jun 24, 12:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Patten, ME | CLARK ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT WITH BRIDGE DAMAGE. THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. |
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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
513
WGUS51 KCAR 240242
FFWCAR
MEC003-009-019-021-029-240530-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0004.120624T0242Z-120624T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1042 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTEN...MILLINOCKET...LINCOLN...
HOWLAND...
EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT KATAHDIN...
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOULTON...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DANFORTH...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN.
SIMILAR RAINFALL RATES COULD PERSIST IN SPOTS THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS RAIN IN ADDITION TO EARLIER RAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS LED TO LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MOTORISTS DRIVING AFTER DARK
SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY ALERT FOR FLOODING AND WASHED OUT ROADS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA
MILLS...SHIN POND...SHERMAN...SHERMAN STATION...ISLAND FALLS...
HODGDON...PATTEN...HOULTON AND HAYNESVILLE.
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.
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!
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 4515 6812 4521 6893 4583 6908 4636 6873
4638 6779 4628 6777 4594 6777 4593 6774
4588 6779 4582 6775 4580 6779 4569 6780
4569 6771 4562 6765 4561 6759 4534 6753
$$
NORCROSS1 follow-up statement
642
WGUS71 KCAR 240439
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1239 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
MEC003-009-019-021-029-240530-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120624T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PISCATAQUIS ME-AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-WASHINGTON ME-HANCOCK ME-
1239 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN
PENOBSCOT...SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS
COUNTIES...
AT 1222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LARGE...SLOW MOVING RAIN COMPLEX ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MAINE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO
7 INCHES SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THESE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
CONCENTRATED ACROSS NORTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY JUST
WEST OF PATTEN AND SOUTHWEST OF SHIN POND. WHILE RAINFALL RATES
APPEAR TO BE SLOWLY DECREASING OVER THE PAST HOUR OR TWO...FLASH
FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA
MILLS...SHIN POND...SHERMAN...SHERMAN STATION...PATTEN...MOUNT
KATAHDIN...ISLAND FALLS...HOULTON...HODGDON AND HAYNESVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
BROOKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 6812 4521 6893 4583 6908 4636 6873
4638 6779 4628 6777 4594 6777 4593 6774
4588 6779 4582 6775 4580 6779 4569 6780
4569 6771 4562 6765 4561 6759 4534 6753
$$
WALLINGFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 days |
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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.