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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2012, 5:02 AM EDT for Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 6 hr. 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
- Jun 24, 2012, 5:02 AM EDT (09:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 5:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brownville, ME | *** 1 FATAL *** ONE INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY KILLED IN FLASH FLOODING ON PLEASANT STREET IN BROWNVILLE OVERNIGHT. TIME UNKNOWN. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
566
WGUS51 KCAR 240902
FFWCAR
MEC021-241500-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0007.120624T0902Z-120624T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
502 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROWNVILLE...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 453 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TOWN OFFICIALS
REPORTED SEVERE FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF
BROWNVILLE. MANY ROADS AROUND BROWNVILLE HAVE BEEN HEAVILY
DAMAGED OR COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. SOME OF THESE ROADS INCLUDE
CHURCH STREET...HIGH STREET...ROUTE 11...PLEASANT RIVER
ROAD...QUARRY ROAD...BARNARD ROAD AND STICKNEY HILL ROAD.
MANY OF THESE ROADS ARE NOW IMPASSABLE. SEVERAL BRIDGES HAVE
ALSO BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT. POWER IS ALSO OUT IN
BROWNVILLE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES FELL
OVER SEVERAL HOURS LAST EVENING AROUND BROWNVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAIN OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUES THIS MORNING.
TRAVEL AROUND BROWNVILLE SHOULD BE AVOIDED THIS MORNING. EVEN ONCE
THE RAIN ENDS...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY ALERT FOR FLOODING AND WASHED OUT ROADS AND
BRIDGES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILO...BROWNVILLE...BOWERBANK...BOYD LAKE AND BARNARD.
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 4545 6908 4539 6897 4531 6888 4523 6893
4527 6927 4543 6920
$$
WALKER1 follow-up statement
373
WGUS71 KCAR 241431
FFSCAR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1031 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
MEC021-241500-
/O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120624T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PISCATAQUIS ME-
1031 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROWNVILLE
JUNCTION AND BROWNVILLE.
AT 1024 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND TOWN OFFICIALS
CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS
ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT AND DAMAGED ALONG WITH TWO BRIDGES. SOME OF
THESE ROADS INCLUDE...CHURCH STREET...HIGH STREET AND PLEASANT RIVER
ROAD. POWER REMAINS OUT IN THE TOWN OF BROWNVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4545 6908 4539 6897 4531 6888 4523 6893
4527 6927 4543 6920
$$
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, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, 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.