Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Caribou, ME

June 2, 2013Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2013, 3:27 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 48 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 2, 2013, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 12:00Z on 2013-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

496 
WUUS51 KCAR 021927
SVRCAR
MEC003-022015-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0021.130602T1927Z-130602T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
327 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
AN AREA OF  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 13 MILES WEST 
OF   BRIDGEWATER...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOULTON...AND MOVING 
EAST AT   25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MARS  HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MAINE.

&&

LAT...LON 4633 6778 4624 6807 4647 6827 4659 6778
      4644 6777 4634 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 257DEG 20KT 4637 6807

$$

FITZSIMMONS
1 follow-up statement
562 
WWUS51 KCAR 021956
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
356 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

MEC003-022006-
/O.CAN.KCAR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130602T2015Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
356 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS MOVING INTO 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 


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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MAINE.

LAT...LON 4633 6778 4624 6807 4647 6827 4659 6778
      4644 6777 4634 6777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 257DEG 20KT 4641 6783

$$

FITZSIMMONS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPiscataquis29 min
Jun 1, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook41 min
Jun 1, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook46 min
Jun 1, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook36 min
Jun 1, 10:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR29 hr
Jun 2, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset42 min
Jun 2, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis, Somerset58 min
Jun 2, 2:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis26 min
Jun 2, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook52 min
Jun 2, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot62 min
Jun 2, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset56 min
Jun 2, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook47 min
Jun 2, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot42 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook34 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis60 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington5 hr
Jun 2, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook3 hr
Jun 2, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook44 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook27 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset3 hr
Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis45 min
Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis41 min
Jun 2, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis3 hr
Jun 2, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis37 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis50 min
Jun 2, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis44 min
Jun 2, 7:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCARAroostook2 hr
Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook49 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.