Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME

Issued

Jun 29, 2012, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Caribou, ME

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Aroostook County, ME

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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849 
WUUS51 KCAR 292213
SVRCAR
MEC003-292315-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0013.120629T2213Z-120629T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LIMESTONE...CARIBOU...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER 
  CARIBOU AND PERHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
  
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PERHAM...CARIBOU...WOODLAND AND LIMESTONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4713 6788 4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778
      4681 6778 4676 6834 4709 6831 4716 6790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 263DEG 45KT 4695 6788

$$

HEWITT

722 
WWUS51 KCAR 292252
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

MEC003-292315-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120629T2315Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 645 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED LARGE HAIL FROM QUARTER 
SIZE TO GOLFBALL SIZE IN WOODLAND AND CONNOR. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
EXTENDS FROM LIMESTONE BACK INTO WASHBURN AND IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND
HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.

AREAS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WADE...FORT FAIRFIELD AND LIMESTONE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4678 6818 4696 6820 4716 6790 4713 6788
      4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778 4681 6778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 263DEG 45KT 4700 6722

$$

HEWITT

074 
WWUS51 KCAR 292322
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
722 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

MEC003-292331-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120629T2315Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
722 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS MOVED 
EAST OF THE AREA.
   
LAT...LON 4678 6818 4696 6820 4716 6790 4713 6788
      4711 6788 4709 6781 4706 6778 4681 6778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 263DEG 45KT 4700 6713

$$

HEWITT

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