Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2012, 1:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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 24, 2012, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
981
WGUS51 KCAR 240529
FFWCAR
MEC003-019-021-029-240830-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0005.120624T0529Z-120624T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
129 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTEN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT KATAHDIN...
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DANFORTH...
* UNTIL 430 AM EDT
* AT 117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE...SLOW MOVING
RAIN COMPLEX ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MAINE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE
RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP 7.5 INCHES JUST WEST OF PATTEN AND SOUTHWEST
OF SHIN POND.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA
MILLS...SHIN POND...SHERMAN...SHERMAN STATION...ISLAND FALLS AND
PATTEN.
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!
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 4570 6786 4564 6784 4553 6828 4555 6873
4579 6903 4584 6908 4636 6873 4628 6824
4613 6800 4597 6792 4594 6793 4582 6789
4580 6779 4569 6780
$$
WALLINGFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.