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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
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Special weather statement, May 26, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 904 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 MEZ004>006-270130- Southeast Aroostook-Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot- 904 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES... At 904 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Moosehorn Crossing to near Ripogenus. Movement was east at 50 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Patten, Mount Katahdin, Mount Chase, Baxter State Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, South Branch Pond, Shin Pond, Grand Lake Matagamon, Grand Lake Seboeis, Katahdin Lake and Moro Plantation. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. LAT...LON 4636 6831 4591 6858 4589 6932 4627 6898 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 257DEG 45KT 4624 6886 4591 6922 Sinko
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
930 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
MEZ002-005-006-270200-
Southeast Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Penobscot-
930 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND NORTH
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
At 930 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Masardis to near Katahdin Woods and
Waters National Monument. Movement was east at 45 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.
Locations impacted include...
Patten, Mars Hill, Island Falls, Bridgewater, Smyrna, Mount Chase,
Shin Pond, Dudley Township, Smyrna Mills, Katahdin Woods and Waters
National Monument, Scopan, Monticello, Oakfield, Blaine, Merrill,
Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Dudley and Webbertown.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 273 and 287.
US Highway 1 between Bridgewater and Blaine.
State Highway 11 between Patten and Knowles Corner.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy downpours may cause ponding of water on roadways.
LAT...LON 4597 6827 4592 6882 4597 6883 4646 6835
4652 6779 4649 6778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 257DEG 39KT 4642 6831 4594 6880
SinkoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 23 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 26 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 32 min | |
| May 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 27 hr |
| May 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.