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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME

July 13, 2016Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 8:03 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 13, 2016, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 131 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

440 
WUUS51 KCAR 140003
SVRCAR
MEC003-140030-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0013.160714T0003Z-160714T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
803 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 802 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE
  LAKE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT KENT...MADAWASKA...EAGLE LAKE...FRENCHVILLE...NEW CANADA...
  CROSS LAKE...MADAWASKA LAKE...WALLAGRASS...WINTERVILLE...
  SINCLAIR...GUERETTE...SOLDIER POND...SAINT AGATHA...
  DAIGLE AND SAINT JOHN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4698 6870 4715 6879 4731 6830 4705 6818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 252DEG 24KT 4709 6865 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KREDENSOR
2 follow-up statements
919 
WWUS51 KCAR 140021
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
821 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

MEC003-140030-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160714T0030Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
821 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 821 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEW
CANADA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...NEW CANADA...CROSS LAKE...MADAWASKA LAKE...
WALLAGRASS...SAINT AGATHA...SINCLAIR...GUERETTE...SOLDIER POND AND
DAIGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4702 6853 4719 6861 4730 6831 4705 6819
      4703 6830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 252DEG 24KT 4713 6847 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KREDENSOR
037 
WWUS51 KCAR 140029
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
829 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

MEC003-140038-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160714T0030Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
829 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CARIBOU MAINE.

LAT...LON 4702 6853 4719 6861 4730 6831 4705 6819
      4703 6830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 252DEG 24KT 4713 6847 

$$

KREDENSOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:02 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasCAR25 hr
Jul 14, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset54 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset45 min
Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset46 min
Jul 14, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset60 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.