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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Caribou, ME

June 30, 2021Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2021, 9:53 AM EDT for Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 30, 2021, 9:53 AM EDT (13:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 10:00 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Vanceboro, METREE DOWN ON RT 6 NEAR VANCEBORO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

456 
WUUS51 KCAR 301353
SVRCAR
MEC029-301445-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0019.210630T1353Z-210630T1445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
953 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Washington County in southeastern Maine...

* Until 1045 AM EDT.

* At 953 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 11 miles north of Vanceboro to near Codyville
  Plantation to 8 miles northeast of Springfield, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Vanceboro, Topsfield, Dyer Township, Fowler Township, Codyville
  Plantation, Baileyville, Waite, Codyville, Lambert Lake, Dyer,
  Fowler, Brookton and Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4530 6747 4528 6749 4526 6747 4540 6797
      4549 6800 4557 6772 4562 6764 4561 6761
      4559 6752 4560 6745 4557 6742 4553 6744
      4551 6742 4551 6745 4550 6745 4551 6747
      4549 6751 4542 6747 4538 6742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1353Z 286DEG 43KT 4573 6739 4555 6764 4545 6798 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MStrauser
2 follow-up statements
158 
WWUS51 KCAR 301417
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1017 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

MEC029-301445-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210630T1445Z/
Washington ME-
1017 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

At 1015 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Vanceboro to near Codyville Plantation to near
Topsfield, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Vanceboro, Topsfield, Dyer Township, Fowler Township, Codyville
Plantation, Baileyville, Waite, Codyville, Lambert Lake, Dyer and
Fowler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 6797 4545 6772 4559 6744 4557 6742
      4553 6744 4551 6742 4551 6745 4550 6745
      4551 6747 4549 6751 4542 6747 4538 6742
      4530 6747 4528 6749 4526 6747 4540 6797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 295DEG 31KT 4549 6737 4541 6762 4537 6783 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MStrauser
956 
WWUS51 KCAR 301441
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1041 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

MEC029-301450-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210630T1445Z/
Washington ME-
1041 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area and 
the remaining storms south of Waite have weakened. Therefore, the 
warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4541 6797 4545 6772 4559 6744 4557 6742
      4553 6744 4551 6742 4551 6745 4550 6745
      4551 6747 4549 6751 4542 6747 4538 6742
      4530 6747 4528 6749 4526 6747 4540 6797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 286DEG 43KT 4541 6697 4533 6722 4529 6743 

$$

MStrauser

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPiscataquis26 min
Jun 30, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR34 min
Jun 30, 9:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot39 min
Jun 30, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR43 min
Jun 30, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot65 min
Jun 30, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock50 min
Jun 30, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock52 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR57 min
Jun 30, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Washington29 min
Jun 30, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook41 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.