Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 74 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 3:36 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:36 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1237 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 MEZ001-002-011645- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- 1237 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY. THE FRONT WILL STALL IN NORTHERN MAINE TONIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF CONTINUING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FORECAST UPDATES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ003>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-011645- NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 1237 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FORECAST UPDATES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 129 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 MEZ001>006-010-031-311900- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET... EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON... SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD... DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD 129 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP... THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST MAINE. WHILE NONE OF THE STORMS ARE SEVERE YET...YOU CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FROM ANY OF THE STORMS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOKS TO COME BETWEEN 5 AND 11 PM PRIMARILY OVER FAR NORTHERN MAINE FROM PRESQUE ISLE AND CLAYTON LAKE NORTH. FOISY
Local storm report, May 31, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 31, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 55 min |
| May 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 74 min |
| May 31, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 67 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.