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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME

June 25, 2005Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2005, 7:34 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 25, 2005, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2005, 8:01 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Topsfield, ME	TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 1.
Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Springfield, ME	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCAR 252334
TORCAR
MEC019-029-260000-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0001.050625T2334Z-050626T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
734 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VANCEBORO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DANFORTH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TOPSFIELD BY 750 PM EDT
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANCEBORO BY 800 PM EDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4563 6809 4531 6819 4518 6741 4557 6735

$$

NOUHAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCAR 252349
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
748 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEC019-252358-
/O.CAN.KCAR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050626T0000Z/
PENOBSCOT ME-
748 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PENOBSCOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST OF PENOBSCOT 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TONADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4558 6780 4526 6791 4518 6742 4558 6736

$$

MEC029-260000-
/O.CON.KCAR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050626T0000Z/
WASHINGTON ME-
748 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKTON...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF DANFORTH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LAMBERT LAKE BY 800 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4558 6780 4526 6791 4518 6742 4558 6736

$$

NOUHAN

000 
WWUS51 KCAR 260001
SVSCAR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEC029-260010-
/O.EXP.KCAR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050626T0000Z/
WASHINGTON ME-
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT
800 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO IS 
MOVING EAST INTO NEW BRUNSWICK...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4558 6780 4526 6791 4518 6742 4558 6736

$$

NOUHAN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
512 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL THEN EXIT THE DOWNEAST
COAST EARLY SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE REGION
SUNDAY...THEN RETURN NORTH IN THE FORM OF A WARM FRONT MONDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A COLD FRONT ALONG THE SAINT
LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE
FRONT IN AN AREA OF FORCING AND MOISTURE POOLING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND EXPAND SOUTHWARD IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
CONTINUING DOWNEAST OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT
WOULD BE STRONG WINDS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE
MID 50S NORTH TO AROUND 60 DOWNEAST.

THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION SUNDAY...ALLOWING HIGH
PRESSURE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. GENERALLY EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES NORTH...WITH PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES DOWNEAST...SUNDAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S NORTH TO 75 TO
AROUND 80 DOWNEAST DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER.

HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BRING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE FORECAST AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NORTH TO
THE MID TO UPPER 50S DOWNEAST.

THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO RETURN NORTH IN THE FORM OF A WARM FRONT
MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ALSO POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES
MONDAY WILL BE AROUND 80 ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH COOLER
LOWER 70S ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST WITH ONSHORE WINDS. LOW
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE AROUND 60 ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION...WITH MID 50S ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY WITH WARM HUMID AIR IN
PLACE. WITH UPPER RIDGE AND WARM AIR ALOFT KEPT NOTHING MORE THAN
SLIGHT CHANCE MUCH OF TUESDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY NOTED SOME MODEL
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAST NIGHT ECMWF/CMC WHICH BROUGHT COLD FRONT
DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WHILE LATEST GFS KEEPS
FRONT JUST TO OUR NORTH. INDICATED LOW LIKELY SHOWERS/TSTM WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE NORTH IN PROXIMITY TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ANOTHER
STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME
FRAME THUS WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS. COOLER AND DRIER
AIR CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCAL
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. PATCHY FOG LATER TONIGHT COULD ALSO PRODUCE
LOCAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SEAS COULD BUILD TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS FOR A TIME IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. WINDS/SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN BELOW
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS FOR ANZ050 TONIGHT TIL
         6 AM SUNDAY.

&&

SHORT TERM/MARINE...NORCROSS
LONG TERM/MARINE...DUDA
AVIATION...SMF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:37 AM EDT, 13 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
537 AM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-260936-
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
538 AM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES WILL REACH RECORD
LEVELS ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

ANOTHER ROUND OF HOT AND HUMID IS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

HEWITT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
352 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-260200-
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
352 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN QUEBEC AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHERN AND EVENTUALLY DOWNEAST PORTIONS
OF MAINE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE GREATEST HAZARD THESE STORMS
WILL PRESENT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 50 MPH OVER 10 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND
LEVEL. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE
THREATENING SKIES OR HEAR THUNDER...TAKE COVER IN THE NEAREST
AVAILABLE SHELTER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

VJN

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
421 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ003-004-010-252115-

SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

421 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

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

AT 421 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS 6 MILES WEST OF BILLY-JACK DEPOT. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 515 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    BILLY-JACK DEPOT...   BAKER LAKE...         CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 45 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 4639 7015 4601 7029 4572 6957 4620 6950

NOUHAN

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
500 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ001-252145-

AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

500 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

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

AT 500 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
GUSTY WINDS NEAR MADAWASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 545 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    MADAWASKA...  LILLE...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
    POSSIBLE 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 4753 6840 4732 6849 4706 6730 4732 6718

NOUHAN

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
512 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ001>005-252215-

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

512 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

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

AT 504 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF
CHURCHILL DAM TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKER LAKE. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NOW IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE INCLUDE...
    CHURCHILL DAM AT 510 PM EDT
    TAMWAY...CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE AT 515 PM EDT
    CHAMBERLAIN LAKE AT 520 PM EDT
    CHESUNCOOK AT 545 PM EDT
    TELOS LAKE...MOOSEHORN CROSSING AT 555 PM EDT
    OXBOW AT 605 PM EDT

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP 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 4669 6985 4601 7001 4574 6869 4655 6841

DUDA

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
657 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

MEZ005-006-011-031-032-260000-

AROOSTOOK...PISCATAQUIS...PENOBSCOT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

657 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

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

AT 655 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF
HAYNESVILLE TO MILO. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO
35 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 800 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    HAYNESVILLE...        MILO...               MEDWAY...
    EAST MILLINOCKET...   LINCOLN...            HOWLAND...
    WYTOPITLOCK...        DANFORTH...           SPRINGFIELD...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 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 4604 6776 4598 6825 4543 6908 4514 6910
      4539 6753 4588 6790

NORCROSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		54 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		45 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Piscataquis	63 min
Jun 25, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	62 min
Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	35 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	63 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington	66 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.