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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Caribou, ME

July 4, 2002Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2002, 9:13 PM EDT for Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2002, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2002, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, ME

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 4, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 1187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

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

957 
WUUS51 KCAR 050113
SVRCAR
MEC029-050145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 905 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES     
  EAST OF CARROLL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOPSFIELD AT 925 PM EDT
  WAITE AT 930 PM EDT
  CODYVILLE AT 930 PM 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 4548 6810 4524 6812 4517 6761 4549 6767

HEWIT
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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 Jul 4, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
705 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

.UPDATED...
SENT A QUICK UPDATE TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT
DOWNEAST AREAS AND LOWERED POPS UP NORTH.

SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...
TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MAINE. BUSY AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN
MAINE AT TIME.

COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH
LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. MODELS INDICATE LARGE UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. SERIES OF VORT
MAXS ROTATING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS
FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL START TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH
DRIER AIR RETURNING THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY BRINGING THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.

COASTAL WATERS...
NO HEADLINES COASTAL WATERS.

.CAR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ZONES 11-15>17-29-30-32

TD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PWMLSRCAR ALL
TTAA00 KCAR DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
315 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1145 AM    PRESQUE ISLE              ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   AROOSTOOK                      3 TREES DOWN...CHIMNEY
                                          DAMAGED...FENCE BLOWN DOWN

1145 AM    MAPLETON                  ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   AROOSTOOK                      TREES DOWN...SMALL BUILDING
                                          DAMAGED...WIND ESTIMATED AT
                                          70 MPH

1155 AM    NEW SWEDEN                ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   AROOSTOOK                      TREES DOWN

1215 PM    CASTLE HILL               ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   AROOSTOOK                      TREES DOWN

1230 PM    PRESQUE ISLE              ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   AROOSTOOK                      TREES DOWN

APFFEL

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-050200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
614 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 10 PM FOR PENOBSCOT...WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN MAINE.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR TOPSFIELD TO BANGOR WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLIER EXPIRED AT 600 PM.

GABRIC

Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
702 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    BROWNVILLE                ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   PISCATAQUIS                    TREES DOWN, TOPS OF TREES
                                          SHEARRED OFF, PICNIC TABLE
                                          THROWN 100 FT. LARGE HAIL.

0624 PM    BROOKTON                  ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02   WASHINGTON                     LOTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          NEAR ROUTE 1

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	51 min
Jul 4, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Washington	31 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CAR		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.