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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Caribou, ME

May 22, 2022Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2022, 1:44 PM EDT for 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

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The facts

Issued: May 22, 2022, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 22, 12:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 12:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 10:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 11:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 12:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1210 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1134 AM     HAIL             1 E ORIENT              45.82N 67.82W
05/22/2022  E0.25 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL MOSTLY SMALLER THAN PEA SIZE. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JS

Local storm report, May 22, 12:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1227 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1212 PM     FLOOD            4 SW ORIENT             45.78N 67.91W
05/22/2022                   AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. FLOODING OF NUMBER 9 ROAD
            IN SELDEN AT LAKE BROOK FROM HEAVY RAIN.
            ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

&&

JS

Special weather statement, May 22, 12:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1240 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

MEZ006-011-032-221715-
Southeast Aroostook ME-Central Penobscot ME-Northern Washington ME-
1240 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Washington, southeastern Aroostook and northeastern Penobscot
Counties through 115 PM EDT...

At 1239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wytopitlock, or 10 miles west of Danforth, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Danforth, Wytopitlock, Reed Plantation, Weston, Prentiss, Orient,
Bancroft, Drew Plantation and Forest City.

This includes US Highway 1 between Danforth and Orient.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4550 6807 4557 6817 4591 6776 4586 6781
      4582 6776 4580 6781 4576 6781 4573 6778
      4573 6781 4570 6780 4569 6782 4568 6780
      4566 6772 4569 6773 4566 6770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 226DEG 33KT 4560 6804

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Sinko

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	28 min
May 21, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	37 min
May 22, 12:41 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	11 hr
May 22, 9:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	31 min
May 22, 10:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	24 min
May 22, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		48 min
May 22, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		64 min
May 22, 11:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	45 min
May 22, 12:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	2 hr
May 22, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		35 min
May 22, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	39 min
May 22, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Piscataquis	51 min
May 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	43 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Piscataquis	47 min
May 22, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	41 min
May 22, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot	42 min
May 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	39 min
May 22, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	40 min
May 22, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	49 min
May 22, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	11 min
May 22, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Waldo	29 min
May 22, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	42 min
May 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	43 min
May 22, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	24 min
May 22, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	32 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.