Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2012, 4:35 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 6 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, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
413
WGUS51 KCAR 240835
FFWCAR
MEC003-019-021-241130-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0006.120624T0835Z-120624T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
435 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PATTEN...
EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT KATAHDIN...BAXTER ST PARK...
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT
* AT 430 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 8 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 AND ISLAND FALLS
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 4569 6870 4557 6898 4569 6900 4577 6917
4588 6909 4602 6905 4635 6811 4569 6783
4564 6831
$$2 follow-up statements
695
WGUS51 KCAR 241129
FFWCAR
MEC003-019-021-241430-
/O.EXT.KCAR.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120624T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
729 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PATTEN...
EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT KATAHDIN...BAXTER ST PARK...
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
* AT 716 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE AND VERY SLOW
MOVING RAIN COMPLEX OVER EAST CENTRAL MAINE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
5 TO 8 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF PATTEN AND SOUTHWEST OF SHIN POND.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PATTEN...SMYRNA MILLS...SHIN POND...SHERMAN...SHERMAN
STATION...ISLAND FALLS AND HAYNESVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. THE FLOOD
WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING
WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 4569 6870 4557 6898 4569 6900 4577 6917
4588 6909 4602 6905 4635 6811 4569 6783
4564 6831
$$
WALLINGFORD755
WGUS71 KCAR 241356
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
956 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
MEC003-019-021-241430-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120624T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PISCATAQUIS ME-AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
956 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT...SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND EAST CENTRAL
PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...
AT 947 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE TOWN OF PATTEN. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE
BEEN WASHED OUT AND DAMAGED. TWO BRIDGES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 4569 6870 4557 6898 4569 6900 4577 6917
4588 6909 4602 6905 4635 6811 4569 6783
4564 6831
$$
HEWITTThe 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, 1:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 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 |
Nearby
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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.