Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 43 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 28, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 3:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 28, 2:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-031-032-291445- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...EASTERN MAINE...FAR NORTHERN MAINE...INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING... ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH, HAIL, AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SOME STRONGER STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ029-030-291445- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME GUSTY WINDS, BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ050>052-291445- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM- INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME- 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. HEWITT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 10:29 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1029 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 S SAINT AGATHA 47.13N 68.31W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF 161 AND 162. ROAD BLOCKED
BETWEEN CROSS LAKE AND SINCLAIR.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG MADAWASKA 47.36N 68.32W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED ON POWER LINES
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 S SAINT AGATHA 47.16N 68.31W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN SINCLAIR.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG SAINT AGATHA 47.24N 68.31W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN AND ALONG LONG
LAKE. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG VAN BUREN 47.16N 67.94W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW SWEDEN 46.94N 68.12W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES REPORTED ON POWER LINES.
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 S SAINT AGATHA 47.13N 68.31W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME EMERGENCY MNGR
SECOND STRONG WIND EVENT BLEW DOWN MANY MORE TREES AROUND
CROSS LAKE.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTFIELD 46.57N 67.92W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE FELL ON POWER LINE AND CAUGHT FIRE.
0630 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG PRESQUE ISLE 46.68N 68.02W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
0630 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG VAN BUREN 47.16N 67.94W
05/27/2015 AROOSTOOK ME POST OFFICE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN AND ALONG PORTIONS OF
US ROUTE 1A.
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JAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 35 min |
| May 28, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 61 min |
| May 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 38 min |
| May 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 63 min |
| May 28, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 66 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.