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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME

July 18, 2016Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 Ne Loring, ME	REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 N Limestone, ME

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 18, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 16 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

745 
WFUS51 KCAR 182213
TORCAR
MEC003-182245-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0002.160718T2213Z-160718T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
613 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LORING...OR
  NEAR CARIBOU...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO INTERMITTENTLY
           TOUCHING DOWN. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIMESTONE AROUND 620 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CASWELL...HAMLIN AND CONNOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4707 6779 4685 6779 4685 6803 4702 6806
      4707 6780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 264DEG 20KT 4695 6795 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FARRAR

2 follow-up statements

145 
WWUS51 KCAR 182230
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
630 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

MEC003-182245-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T2245Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
630 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
    
AT 630 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LIMESTONE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHING
         DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CASWELL AND CONNOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4690 6779 4691 6791 4698 6794 4700 6781
      4700 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 266DEG 19KT 4695 6781 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FARRAR

969 
WWUS51 KCAR 182241
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
641 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

MEC003-182251-
/O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T2245Z/
AROOSTOOK ME-
641 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 645 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4690 6779 4691 6791 4698 6794 4700 6781
      4700 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 264DEG 20KT 4695 6781 

$$

FARRAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 5:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	2 hr
Jul 18, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	54 min
Jul 18, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	62 min
Jul 18, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	57 min
Jul 18, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	55 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	54 min
Jul 18, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	56 min
Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington	47 min
Jul 18, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	63 min
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	23 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot	30 min
Jul 18, 5:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CAR	Aroostook	27 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CAR		27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.