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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2021, 2:33 PM EDT. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 15, 2021, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 15, 12:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 317 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-160730- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis-Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot- Interior Hancock-Central Washington-Coastal Hancock- Coastal Washington-Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 317 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Coastal DownEast Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine, North Woods Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers will continue today with scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon into the evening. Thunderstorms will be slow moving and capable of producing heavy rainfall. Localized flooding is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. 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>052-160730- 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 Tue Jun 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. 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, Jun 15, 2:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 24 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 23 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 32 min | |
| Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 39 min | |
| Jun 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 35 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Maine, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.