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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 9:36 AM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 14, 2021, 9:36 AM EDT (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Penobscot County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:11 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 436 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 MEZ001-003-004-150845- Northwest Aroostook-Northern Somerset-Northern Piscataquis- 436 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Far Northern Maine and North Woods Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected today with a few storms containing gusty winds and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ002-005-006-010-031-150845- Northeast Aroostook-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis-Southern Piscataquis- 436 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine and Far Northern Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected later this morning into this afternoon. Some thunderstorms could be strong to possibly severe with strong wind gusts and very heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-150845- Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock- Central Washington-Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Northern Washington- 436 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms expected this afternoon into the early evening. A few storms could be strong to possibly severe with strong wind gusts and very heavy rainfall. The heavy rainfall could lead to some minor street flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050>052-150845- 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- 436 AM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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, Aug 14, 4:04 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 41 min | |
| Aug 14, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 61 min | |
| Aug 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 73 min |
| Aug 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 47 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Maine, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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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.