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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Caribou, ME

June 19, 2021Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 2:51 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2021, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 19, 3:12 PM EDTHAIL 1.252 Ese Madawaska, MEVIA SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS51 KCAR 191851
SVRCAR
MEC003-191915-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SV.W.0006.210619T1851Z-210619T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
251 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Aroostook County in northern Maine...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 250 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Madawaska,
  moving northeast 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...
  Madawaska, Frenchville and Grand Isle. 

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 4735 6827 4736 6823 4734 6821 4733 6818
      4733 6816 4731 6815 4729 6812 4726 6827
      4735 6838 4736 6835 4736 6828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 244DEG 24KT 4734 6825 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cornwell
2 follow-up statements
617 
WWUS51 KCAR 191901
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
301 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

MEC003-191915-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210619T1915Z/
Aroostook ME-
301 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Madawaska,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Madawaska, Frenchville and Grand Isle. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4735 6827 4736 6823 4734 6821 4733 6818
      4733 6816 4731 6815 4729 6812 4726 6827
      4735 6838 4736 6835 4736 6828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 246DEG 17KT 4735 6819 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cornwell
121 
WWUS51 KCAR 191914
SVSCAR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
314 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

MEC003-191923-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210619T1915Z/
Aroostook ME-
314 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, but frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy downpours
are still likely. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4735 6827 4736 6823 4734 6821 4733 6818
      4733 6816 4731 6815 4729 6812 4726 6827
      4735 6838 4736 6835 4736 6828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 244DEG 24KT 4738 6810 

$$

Cornwell

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR32 min
Jun 19, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook28 min
Jun 19, 3:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook42 min
Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot48 min
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARWaldo40 min
Jun 19, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis64 min
Jun 19, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis61 min
Jun 19, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook63 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCARHancock, Washington27 hr
Jun 19, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook18 min
Jun 19, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR58 min
Jun 19, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock64 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook48 min
Jun 19, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook45 min
Jun 19, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR47 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.