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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2017, 6:50 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- Jun 19, 2017, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2017, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:16 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Guerette, ME | 4.8 RAIN IN GAUGE, WATER OVER ROAD AND POTATO FIELDS FLOODED |
| Jun 19, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Saint Agatha, ME | PORTION OF FLAT MOUNTAIN ROAD FLOODED. |
| Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Eagle Lake, ME | TOWN MANAGER REPORTS THAT RED RIVER ROAD WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE AT THE STREAM CROSSING. CULVERT OVERFLOWED WITH CULVERT AND ROAD DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
078 WGUS51 KCAR 192250 FFWCAR MEC003-200245- /O.NEW.KCAR.FF.W.0002.170619T2250Z-170620T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Caribou ME 650 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North central Aroostook County in northern Maine... * Until 1045 PM EDT * At 648 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fort Kent, Eagle Lake, Frenchville, New Canada, Cross Lake, Fish River Lake, Wallagrass, Winterville, Sinclair, Daigle, Guerette, Soldier Pond and Saint Agatha. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. This includes State Highway 11 between Winterville and Wallagrass. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4717 6825 4680 6880 4689 6897 4727 6844 $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
213 WGUS71 KCAR 192322 FFSCAR Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 722 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 MEC003-200245- /O.CON.KCAR.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170620T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Aroostook ME- 722 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY... At 716 PM EDT, the Maine Forest Service reported that 4.8 inches of rain has been observed in Cross Lake and that water is flowing over Route 161. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches of rain can be expected across the warned area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fort Kent, Eagle Lake, Frenchville, New Canada, Cross Lake, Fish River Lake, Wallagrass, Winterville, Sinclair, Daigle, Guerette, Soldier Pond and Saint Agatha. This includes State Highway 11 between Winterville and Wallagrass, and Route 161. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4717 6825 4680 6880 4689 6897 4727 6844 $$ CB
577 WGUS71 KCAR 200115 FFSCAR Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 915 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 MEC003-200122- /O.CAN.KCAR.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170620T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Aroostook ME- 915 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended across the warned area, and no additional flooding is expected. Some areas received nearly 5 inches of rain earlier this evening, so it is possible that there could still be areas of standing water in spots, so please use caution. If you encounter a flooded road turn around don't drown. LAT...LON 4717 6825 4680 6880 4689 6897 4727 6844 $$ CB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Jun 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Somerset | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 2 hr |
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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.