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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2019, 6:08 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 19, 2019, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 317 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019 MEZ011-015>017-031-032-200730- Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock- Central Washington-Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 317 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ001>006-010-200730- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis- 317 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine and North Woods Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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. ANZ050>052-200730- 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- 317 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Areas of fog will likely produce poor visibility at times tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Areas of fog will likely produce poor visibility at times Saturday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ029-030-200730- Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 317 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:42 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 38 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 28 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 23 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.