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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME
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.
- 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
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
$$
KREDENSOR2 follow-up statements
919
WWUS51 KCAR 140021
SVSCAR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
821 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
MEC003-140030-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160714T0030Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
821 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
AT 821 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEW
CANADA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...NEW CANADA...CROSS LAKE...MADAWASKA LAKE...
WALLAGRASS...SAINT AGATHA...SINCLAIR...GUERETTE...SOLDIER POND AND
DAIGLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4702 6853 4719 6861 4730 6831 4705 6819
4703 6830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 252DEG 24KT 4713 6847
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KREDENSOR037
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
$$
KREDENSORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 25 hr | |
| Jul 14, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.