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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Caribou, ME

July 4, 2002Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2002, 1:52 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 4, 2002, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2002, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Whole counties

County Aroostook County, ME

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 1:55 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EOakfield, MESeveral trees blown down. Power lines also reported down.

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 nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2002-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Caribou, ME at 00:00Z on 2002-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCAR 040552
SVRCAR
MEC003-040630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
145 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 147 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW LIMERICK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF
  HOULTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW LIMERICK...LINNEUS AT 145 AM EDT
  HODGDON AT 150 AM EDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. $$

LAT...LON 4613 6816 4600 6798 4600 6780 4612 6782

APFFEL
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCARPenobscot38 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock60 min
Jul 3, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington51 min
Jul 3, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington60 min
Jul 3, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR97 min
Jul 3, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook89 min
Jul 4, 1:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook43 min
Jul 4, 9:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook39 min
Jul 4, 11:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook52 min
Jul 4, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis61 min
Jul 4, 12:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook50 min
Jul 4, 12:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook22 min
Jul 4, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook32 min
Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook58 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis57 min
Jul 4, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook52 min
Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook45 min
Jul 4, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot47 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington43 min
Jul 4, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot25 min
Jul 4, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock58 min
Jul 4, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington65 min
Jul 4, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.