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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 2 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 29, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686 WGUS51 KCAR 292130 FFWCAR MEC003-292330- /O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0009.120629T2130Z-120629T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 530 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 526 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WALLAGRASS ARAE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA AGAIN WILL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTERVILLE AND WALLAGRASS. 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 4698 6880 4711 6822 4681 6817 4673 6878 $$ HEWITT
2 follow-up statements
626 WGUS71 KCAR 292220 FFSCAR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 620 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 MEC003-292330- /O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AROOSTOOK ME- 620 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTERVILLE AND WALLAGRASS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 4698 6880 4711 6822 4681 6817 4673 6878 $$ HEWITT
531 WGUS71 KCAR 292330 FFSCAR FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 730 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 MEC003-292340- /O.EXP.KCAR.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AROOSTOOK ME- 730 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4698 6880 4711 6822 4681 6817 4673 6878 $$ HEWITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 99 min |
| Jun 29, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 19 min |
| Jun 29, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 59 min |
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.