Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2003, 3:44 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2003, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Washington County, ME
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCAR 301944
SVRCAR
MEC003-029-302030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
343 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 341 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...
STRETCHING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYNESVILLE TO WYTOPITLOCK.
THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
WYTOPITLOCK... HAYNESVILLE... DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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 4603 6793 4554 6818 4545 6736 4591 6726
COBB
NNNNWhat 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 30, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 230 PM PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS MAINE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN BRIEFLY AGAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FORECAST AREA AT THE MOMENT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. FAST MOVEMENT OF ACTIVITY SHOULD TAKE IT OUT OF THE AREA BY 00Z. WILL HAVE A REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING STORMS. WEATHER WILL SETTLE DOWN QUICKLY OVERNIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AS SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. ANY FOG SHOULD BE RELEGATED TO ISOLATED LOW AREAS...SO WILL NOT MENTION. TUE SHOULD START OUT SUNNY...BUT AS SURFACE RIDGE SHIFTS E ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NW MAINE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A SCATTERED BAND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. MODELS INDICATE THAT MOISTURE WILL BE RATHER LIMITED SO WILL STAY WITH SCATTERED POPS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM NW TO SE. ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL RETURN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WED. ETA MOS NUMBERS LOOKED BEST THROUGH WED NIGHT. LONG TERM...A SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. 2 SEPARATE CUTOFF LOWS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WITH SPOKES OF VORTICITY ROTATING AROUND THEM WILL KEEP THE REGION IN A NEUTRAL TO CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. THE DIFFICULTY WILL BE IN THE DAY TO DAY TIMING OF THE VORTICITY SPOKES. OVERALL THE GEM/GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PATTERN. THE GFS HOWEVER IS STRONGER WITH ENERGY MOVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT IT HAS STRONGER WINDS AND MORE QPF THEN THE OTHER 2 MODELS. FOR NOW WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE GEM/ECMWF SOLUTION WHICH RESULTS IN A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH SHOWERS. OVERALL, THIS PATTERN WILL YIELD IN THE MOST UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN AREAS WITH LOWER POPS TOWARDS THE COAST. WENT A LITTLE ABOVE MAV/MEX MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MINS LOOK REASONABLE. MARINE...NO HEADLINES. WINDS/SEAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WED NIGHT WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS. AVIATION...SHOWERS/STORMS WILL PRODUCE IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS...BUT WILL EXIT THE AIRPORTS BY 21Z NORTH AND 23Z DOWNEAST. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH 18Z TUE. FOG THREAT MINIMAL OVERNIGHT AS DEW-POINTS DROP OFF BEHIND COLD FRONT AND BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS WELL MIXED. .CAR...NONE GABRIC/LULOFS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 6:04 AM EDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before
MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 604 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE... AROOSTOOK... HANCOCK... NORTHERN SOMERSET... PENOBSCOT... PISCATAQUIS... WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR ON THE INTERNET GO TO (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CAR. KHW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MEZ001-003-004-301700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1156 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK...SOMERSET AND
PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...
AT 1152 AM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 5
MILES NORTH OF ESTCOURT STATION TO 43 MILES WEST OF NINE-MILE BRIDGE.
THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 100 PM EDT INCLUDE...
SAINT PAMPHILE... NINE-MILE BRIDGE... DICKEY...
ALLAGASH... CLAYTON LAKE... FRENCHVILLE...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 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 4761 6918 4643 7073 4623 6958 4739 6800
COBB
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MEZ001-002-301800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
100 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
AT 1257 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF MADAWASKA TO NINE-MILE BRIDGE. THE LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 200 PM EDT INCLUDE...
NINE-MILE BRIDGE... DICKEY... ALLAGASH...
FORT KENT... MADAWASKA... FRENCHVILLE...
EAGLE LAKE...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...
GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 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 4762 6863 4668 6992 4674 6863 4769 6737
COBB
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 1:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MEZ004-005-010-031-301800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
103 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...
AT 1257 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOKADJO. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 200 PM EDT INCLUDE...
KOKADJO... LOBSTER LAKE... CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE...
CHESUNCOOK... BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE... RIPOGENUS... TELOS LAKE...
MOUNT KATAHDIN...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 2 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 4631 6966 4523 6971 4526 6885 4629 6891
COBB
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MEZ001-002-004>006-010-011-031-301900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
158 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...PISCATAQUIS...PENOBSCOT AND
AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...
AT 155 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TELOS LAKE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 300 PM EDT INCLUDE...
FORT KENT... EAGLE LAKE... BAXTER ST PARK...
GREENVILLE... MILLINOCKET... LINCOLN...
PATTEN... TELOS LAKE.. RUSSEL CROSSING...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
HAIL...THE SIZE OF DIMES...
GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 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 4740 6876 4524 6970 4532 6844 4744 6776
COBB
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MEZ002-004>006-010-011-031-301930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
231 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK...PISCATAQUIS AND
PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 225 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF VAN BUREN TO GUILFORD. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 330 PM EDT INCLUDE...
VAN BUREN... CARIBOU... PRESQUE ISLE...
WASHBURN... MASARDIS... MAPLETON...
BRIDGEWATER... PATTEN... LINCOLN...
GUILFORD... OAKFIELD... SHERMAN MILLS...
ASHLAND... DOVER FOXCROFT...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
HAIL...THE SIZE OF DIMES...
GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 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 4734 6790 4507 6958 4521 6831 4725 6733
COBB
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
0328 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM SHERMAN ME 1.25 IN HAIL
06/30/03 AROOSTOOK
LULOFSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.