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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Caribou, ME

August 14, 2021Hancock County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 3:07 PM EDT for Hancock County, Maine. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 14, 2021, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hancock County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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
Aug 14, 3:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Orland, MELAW ENFORCEMENT FROM BUCKSPORT REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON TURKEY PATH ROAD. A SHED WAS DESTROYED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 376 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

717 
WUUS51 KCAR 141907
SVRCAR
MEC009-141945-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0026.210814T1907Z-210814T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
307 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Hancock County in southeastern Maine...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 307 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bucksport, 
  moving east at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ellsworth, Bucksport, Dedham, Verona Island, Penobscot Township,
  Franklin, Holden, Orland, Surry, Otis, Mariaville, Waltham and
  Verona.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4457 6879 4458 6881 4464 6883 4468 6881
      4469 6879 4466 6877 4466 6874 4471 6871
      4472 6867 4470 6865 4473 6863 4476 6845
      4478 6845 4481 6833 4455 6826 4452 6875
      4455 6875 4452 6876 4452 6880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 253DEG 19KT 4464 6875 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Foisy
2 follow-up statements
057 
WWUS51 KCAR 141928
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
328 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

MEC009-141945-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210814T1945Z/
Hancock ME-
328 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...

At 328 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Dedham, or 8 miles northwest of Ellsworth, moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
         damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Bucksport, Dedham, Franklin, Orland, Otis, Mariaville and
Waltham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4456 6866 4470 6865 4472 6864 4473 6862
      4476 6845 4478 6845 4481 6833 4455 6826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 265DEG 25KT 4463 6853 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Foisy
061 
WWUS51 KCAR 141942
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
342 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

MEC009-141951-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210814T1945Z/
Hancock ME-
342 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
                
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible
with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4456 6866 4470 6865 4472 6864 4473 6862
      4476 6845 4478 6845 4481 6833 4455 6826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 253DEG 19KT 4465 6845 

$$

Foisy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR41 min
Aug 14, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot39 min
Aug 14, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot44 min
Aug 14, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR61 min
Aug 14, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARHancock66 min
Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook47 min
Aug 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARHancock73 min
Aug 14, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARHancock49 min
Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARWashington38 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARWashington47 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.