Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 9:43 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 47 min. 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, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 21.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
573
WUUS51 KCAR 300143
SVRCAR
MEC009-029-300230-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0021.120630T0143Z-120630T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
943 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHERRYFIELD...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 939 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF STEUBEN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STEUBEN...MILLBRIDGE...HARRINGTON AND JONESPORT.
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.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4457 6739 4459 6748 4455 6743 4454 6752
4449 6750 4443 6759 4443 6763 4448 6762
4444 6770 4450 6778 4447 6777 4447 6782
4439 6789 4442 6816 4447 6820 4446 6834
4465 6821 4464 6735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 274DEG 31KT 4452 6821
$$
HEWITT2 follow-up statements
877
WWUS51 KCAR 300211
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1011 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
MEC009-029-300230-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120630T0230Z/
WASHINGTON ME-HANCOCK ME-
1011 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MILLBRIDGE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHERRYFIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARRINGTON...ROQUE BLUFFS...JONESPORT AND BEALS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4457 6739 4459 6748 4455 6743 4454 6752
4449 6750 4443 6759 4443 6763 4448 6762
4444 6770 4450 6778 4447 6777 4447 6782
4439 6789 4442 6816 4447 6820 4446 6834
4465 6821 4464 6735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 274DEG 31KT 4450 6786
$$
HEWITT101
WWUS51 KCAR 300238
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1038 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
MEC009-029-300242-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120630T0230Z/
WASHINGTON ME-HANCOCK ME-
1038 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT
OVER OPEN WATERS.
LAT...LON 4457 6739 4459 6748 4455 6743 4454 6752
4449 6750 4443 6759 4443 6763 4448 6762
4444 6770 4450 6778 4447 6777 4447 6782
4439 6789 4442 6816 4447 6820 4446 6834
4465 6821 4464 6735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 274DEG 31KT 4450 6786
$$
HEWITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 65 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.