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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Caribou, ME

June 27, 2003Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 27, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Whole counties

County Aroostook 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
Jun 27, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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-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: 217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 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 272215
SVRCAR
MEC003-272315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
614 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 14
  MILES WEST OF VAN BUREN TO SMYRNA MILLS. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
    MASARDIS...           SMYRNA MILLS...       MAPLETON...
    WOODLAND...           WASHBURN...           HAYNESVILLE...
    PRESQUE ISLE...       CARIBOU...            VAN BUREN...

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND 
DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY 
BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...NOW

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

$$

LAT...LON 4723 6843 4577 6846 4583 6784 4719 6790

HEWITT
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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 Jun 27, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
353 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED
BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS FROM THE
WEST ON SATURDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST
SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO FIRE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AT TIME.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 597 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL ZONES EXCEPT
WASHINGTON AND COASTAL HANCOCK COUNTIES. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.

EXPECT ANY LINGERING SHOWERS DOWNEAST TO END EARLY SATURDAY WITH MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES DEVELOPING ALL AREAS. NOT NEARLY AS HOT SATURDAY AS THE LAST
COUPLE DAYS WITH TEMPS MID 70S TO NEAR 80 NORTH AND LOW TO MID 80S
DOWNEAST. SATURDAY NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE MAINLY CLEAR WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING INTO THE 50S ALL AREAS.

ON SUNDAY WEAK COLD FRONT/SHORT WAVE WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE
WEST. LOOKS AS IF ANY PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF TIL SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL
CONTINUE LIKELY POPS NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CHANCE POPS DOWNEAST. WITH
UPPER TROF AXIS STILL BACK TO THE WEST EARLY MONDAY WILL CONTINUE CHANCE
POPS ALL AREAS.

EXTENDED...WILL FORECAST DRY CONDITIONS FOR NOW AS WEAK RIDGING STARTS
TO TAKE OVER. COULDNT RULE OUT SOME SCT SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN
AREAS AROUND THE THURSDAY TIME FRAME AS THIS AREA WILL BE CLOSE TO BOUNDARY
TO THE NORTH. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE WILL OPT TO LEAVE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW.

MARINE...NO HEADLINES ANTICIPATED NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES. EXPECT SOME
THUNDERSTORMS TO POSSIBLY AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.

.CAR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 597 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT ZONES
       1>6,10>11,15>16,31.

DUDA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 6:20 AM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-271200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
620 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN
AND DOWNEAST MAINE...
AROOSTOOK...          HANCOCK...          NORTHERN SOMERSET...
PENOBSCOT...          PISCATAQUIS...      WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHWEST MAINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
SLOWLY CROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING AND THEN OFF THE COAST JUST
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CROSSES THE STATE. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL
HAIL ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION.

PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT...MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE
IMMEDIATE COAST WILL ENDURE ONE LAST DAY OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH
TEMPERATURES APPROACHING OR JUST EXCEEDING 90 DEGREES AND HEAT
INDICES THAT MAY LOCALLY EXCEED 95.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE HIGHER TERRAIN
AND THE HEAT OF THE DAY WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THE GREATEST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CAR.

VJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

MEZ001>006-010-011-015-031-280600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
204 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL MAINE INCLUDING BANGOR...

A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EASTERN QUEBEC TO EASTERN NEW YORK
WILL PUSH EASTWARD INTO MAINE THIS EVENING.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE WILL SPREAD EAST AFTER 400 PM EDT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH WITH MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER FOR TOMORROW.

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE. HOWEVER A FEW
STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS FROM 60 TO 75 MPH. HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY ANY SEVERE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
ANY SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

COBB

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

MEZ001>005-010-011-031-272030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
337 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK AND PISCATAQUIS
COUNTIES...

AT 332 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM CLAYTON LAKE TO 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    LOBSTER LAKE...       CLAYTON LAKE...       CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE...
    GREENVILLE...         MONSON...             BLANCHARD...
    KOKADJO...            CHESUNCOOK...         TAMWAY...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE...
    DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...5 TO 10 STRIKES PER MINUTE...

IF THREATENING SKIES APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IN A SHELTER OR
BUILDING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

LAT...LON 4666 6975 4514 6983 4526 6878 4681 6873

HEWITT/CALDERON
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

MEZ001-002-004-272200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
445 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...PISCATAQUIS AND AROOSTOOK
COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS 10 MILES EAST OF CHURCHILL DAM. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 600 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    RUSSEL CROSSING...    PORTAGE...            ASHLAND...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE...
    DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...5 TO 10 STRIKES PER MINUTE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT. STAY
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

IF THREATENING SKIES APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IN A SHELTER OR
BUILDING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

LAT...LON 4652 6943 4625 6906 4674 6817 4711 6859

HEWITT/CALDERON

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	61 min
Jun 27, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	57 min
Jun 27, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	34 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.