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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2022, 6:38 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2022, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2022, 7:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 21, 6:15 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:15 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 MEZ001>006-010-011-015-031-221545- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis-Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot- Southern Piscataquis- 1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine, North Woods Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ016-017-029-030-032-221545- Interior Hancock-Central Washington-Coastal Hancock- Coastal Washington-Northern Washington- 1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine, Far Eastern Maine and Interior DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. An isolated strong thunderstorm is possible this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050>052-221545- 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- 1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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, Jul 21, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 39 min | |
| Jul 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | Hancock | 29 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 24 min | |
| Jul 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 31 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 42 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 104 min |
| Jul 21, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 94 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 93 min |
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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.