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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME

August 1, 2005Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2005, 7:21 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2005, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

County Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 1, 7:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dover-Foxcroft, ME	TREES DOWN ON THE EAST DOVER ROAD.
Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Charleston, ME	TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 11.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 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 
WWUS81 KCAR 012321
SPSCAR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
721 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ011-015-031-020015-

PENOBSCOT AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

721 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 720 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILO. 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    MILO...               HOWLAND...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 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 4531 6924 4508 6928 4499 6863 4535 6865

$$

MARK FLECHTNER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 2:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
250 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

.SYNOPSIS...THE SMALL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT SHOWERS
TODAY WILL MOVE AWAY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER FAST MOVING WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL SLIDE THROUGH ON TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD DOWN
FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER
THE MARITIMES.

&&

.UPDATE...
SOME SMALL THUNDERSHOWER CELLS ARE DEVELOPING IN OUR WESTERN CWA.
WILL INCLUDE CHC TSTMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BEST CHANCES FOR
THUNDER MAY BE CENTRAL DOWNEAST LOCATIONS.

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...THE SMALL SHORTWAVE THAT
BROUGHT SHOWERS...MOSTLY TO WESTERN AREAS...WILL BE MOVING AWAY
TONIGHT. SOME STRAY SHOWERS MAY STILL BE AROUND THIS EVENING BUT
MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE OFF TO THE EAST. ANOTHER FAST MOVING WAVE
WILL BE SLIDING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS TO OUR NORTH. SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH TUESDAYS SHORTWAVE DURING THE MIDDAY OR AFTERNOON.
STRONG 50KT JET ALOFT MAY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY OF THOSE
STORMS SO INCLUDED CHC GUSTY TSTMS TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONSOLATE
OVER THE MARITIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT
THROUGH MIDWEEK WILL MEAN WINDS MAY BECOME A BIT GUSTY DURING THE
MIDDAY HEATING AND MIXING EACH DAY. WENT A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER ON
TEMPS MOST OF THE PERIOD AS AIR WILL BE CHILLY ALOFT LIMITING
HEATING...BUT RIDGING WILL BRING A WARMUP ON THURSDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
A RELATIVELY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST
DURING FRIDAY MORNING THEN CROSS THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND
SATURDAY THEN MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
HAVE INITIALIZED ALL EXTENDED GRIDS WITH HPC DATA. HAVE MANUALLY
MODIFIED MAX TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 50 AND 55 DEGREES AT 44034 AND
44027...SO DO NOT EXPECT MAX TEMPERATURES MUCH HIGH THAN UPPER
50S. HAVE ALSO MANUALLY MODIFIED SKY AND POP GRIDS TO BETTER FIT
THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. NO OTHER
CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE HPC GRIDS.

&&

.AVIATION...CIGS GENERALLY MVFR TO IFR TONIGHT IN LOW CLOUDS. CIGS
MAY LIFT TO VFR ON TUESDAY BUT WATCH FOR THE RISK OF GUSTY
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOME SPOTS WHICH MAY LOWER CONDITIONS BRIEFLY TO
IFR DURING THE MIDDAY OR AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS GENERALLY SW AROUND 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUT
LOCALLY HIGHER IN ANY TSTMS ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME
NORTHWESTLY AROUND 10 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN BECOME
WESTERLY THURSDAY. DAYTIME BREEZES MAY BECOME A BIT GUSTY DUE TO
MIXING FROM STRONG JET ALOFT. SEAS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 3 FT THROUGH
THE PERIOD.

LONG TERM MARINE: HAVE POPULATED WIND GRIDS WITH HPC DATA. THIS
SEEMS TO BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED IN THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG MARINE LAYER.
FOR SEAS HAVE MANUALLY MODIFIED THE WNA WAVE WATCH. THE WAVE MODEL
IS TOO HIGH WITH COMBINED SEAS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SEEMS TO BE IN
RESPONSE TO THE GFS WHICH IS DEVELOPING A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE
GIVEN THE MARINE LAYER WHICH SHOULD REMAIN STRONGLY IN PLACE.

&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM/MARINE...BLOOMER
LONG TERM/MARINE...MIGNONE
AVIATION...SMF

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
323 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-020900-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT ME-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS ME-CENTRAL WASHINGTON ME-
COASTAL HANCOCK ME-COASTAL WASHINGTON ME-INTERIOR HANCOCK ME-
NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME-
NORTHERN SOMERSET ME-NORTHERN WASHINGTON ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME-
SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...BANGOR...BAR HARBOR...
BAXTER ST PARK...BLUE HILL...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...BUCKSPORT...
CALAIS...CARIBOU...CHERRYFIELD...CLAYTON LAKE...DAAQUAM...DANFORTH...
DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...DEXTER...DOVER-FOXCROFT...EAGLE LAKE...
EASTPORT...ELLSWORTH...FORT FAIRFIELD...FORT KENT...GREENVILLE...
GUILFORD...HOULTON...HOWLAND...LIMESTONE...LINCOLN...LUBEC...
MACHIAS...MADAWASKA...MILLINOCKET...MOUNT KATAHDIN...NEWPORT...
OLD TOWN...PATTEN...PORTAGE...PRESQUE ISLE...RIPOGENUS...
SAINT PAMPHILE...VAN BUREN AND VANCEBORO
323 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COUNTIES LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED
INCLUDE SOMERSET...PISCATAQUIS...PENOBSCOT AND POSSIBLY HANCOCK AND
WASHINGTON. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED WINDS
GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

SMF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
406 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ001>005-012130-

PISCATAQUIS...AROOSTOOK...SOMERSET AND PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

406 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 404 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
CHURCHILL DAM TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHESUNCOOK. THE LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 530 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    CHESUNCOOK...         CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE...   RIPOGENUS...
    TAMWAY...             CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...   CHURCHILL DAM...
    MOUNT KATAHDIN...     TELOS LAKE...         BAXTER ST PARK...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 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.

MARK FLECHTNER

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
426 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ005-011-031-012130-

PENOBSCOT AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

426 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 422 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
GUSTY WINDS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLINOCKET. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 530 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    MILLINOCKET...        EAST MILLINOCKET...   MEDWAY...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...

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.

HEWITT

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
530 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ006-011-032-012230-

PENOBSCOT...WASHINGTON AND AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...

530 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WYTOPITLOCK. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 630 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    WYTOPITLOCK...        DANFORTH...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 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 4566 6835 4548 6837 4547 6785 4569 6785

MARK FLECHTNER

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
559 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ010-031-012300-
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...
559 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...

AT 557 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 700 PM EDT INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...SHIRLEY...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...

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.

MIGNONE

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
616 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ005-006-011-012315-
PENOBSCOT AND AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...
616 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER EAST MILLINOCKET. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 715 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    EAST MILLINOCKET...   MILLINOCKET...        MEDWAY...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...

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 4579 6869 4553 6880 4540 6822 4578 6809

MIGNONE

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
721 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

MEZ011-015-031-020015-

PENOBSCOT AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

721 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

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

AT 720 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILO.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    MILO...               HOWLAND...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 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 4531 6924 4508 6928 4499 6863 4535 6865

MARK FLECHTNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	81 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	51 min
Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	33 min
Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	60 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	47 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	59 min
Aug 1, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	44 min
Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Penobscot	32 min
Aug 1, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	28 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.