Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1999, 3:47 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 33 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1999, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1999, 4:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Mars Hill, ME | Many branches were snapped off and several powerlines were downed. |
| Jul 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bridgewater, ME | Numerous trees ranging from 8-18 inches in diameter were uprooted onto Packard Road closing it for a time. |
| Jul 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bridgewater, ME | Several large trees were split and/or uprooted. One tree fell against a house. Several hay and potato fields were flattened by straight-line winds. |
| Jul 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bridgewater, ME | Several large trees were uprooted along Route 1 at the north end of town briefly closing the road. |
| Jul 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bridgewater, ME | Several 6-12 inch diameter trees were uprooted. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.