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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 46 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 21, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
700
WFUS51 KCAR 212014
TORCAR
MEC003-021-212100-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0002.210621T2014Z-210621T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
414 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Piscataquis County in north central Maine...
Central Aroostook County in northern Maine...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 414 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles east of Churchill Dam, or 25 miles southeast
of Clayton Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Russel Crossing around 445 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
To report severe weather, contact the National Weather Service office
in Caribou Maine, by calling 1-800-909-
5970 or visit https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/report. You may also contact
your nearest law enforcement.
If on or near an open body of water, get away from the water and
move to safe shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can
produce large capsizing waves, even on small bodies of water. Move
into dock and seek safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water
in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4640 6855 4638 6915 4647 6917 4656 6906
4668 6863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 248DEG 30KT 4645 6903
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Cornwell1 follow-up statement
366
WWUS51 KCAR 212034
SVSCAR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
434 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
MEC003-021-212100-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210621T2100Z/
Piscataquis ME-Aroostook ME-
434 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS AND CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...
At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northwest of Moosehorn Crossing, or 28 miles
southwest of Portage, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Oxbow around 505 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4639 6894 4645 6902 4660 6893 4668 6863
4640 6855
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 249DEG 33KT 4647 6888
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CornwellThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 103 min |
| Jun 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.