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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME

June 24, 2012Piscataquis County, Maine

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:40 AM EDTFLASH FLOODBrownville, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

WALKER
1 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

$$

HEWITT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington3 hr
Jun 24, 1:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington3 hr
Jun 24, 4:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis6 hr
Jun 24, 9:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Washington4 hr
Jun 24, 10:42 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis5 hr
Jun 24, 11:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCARPiscataquis2 hr
Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Washington6 hr
Jun 24, 2:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook3 hr
Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDTFlood WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.