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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Caribou, ME

July 10, 2006Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2006, 1:46 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 44 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 10, 2006, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10, 2:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1142 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

MEZ002-101715-
AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
1142 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

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

AT 1140 AM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHBURN AND 1 MILE
SOUTH OF SQUA PAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 115 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    PORTAGE...            MAPLETON...           WASHBURN...
    PRESQUE ISLE...       WOODLAND...           CARIBOU...
    FORT FAIRFIELD...     LORING...             CHAPMAN...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    SMALL HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    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 4682 6865 4644 6840 4678 6778 4716 6798

HEWITT

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 10:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	38 min
Jul 10, 11:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	39 min
Jul 10, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	40 min
Jul 10, 11:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	93 min
Jul 10, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		64 min
Jul 10, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	107 min
Jul 10, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	50 min
Jul 10, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	45 min
Jul 10, 1:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Penobscot	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	38 min
Jul 10, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	46 min
Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	38 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	42 min
Jul 10, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	44 min
Jul 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Washington	61 min
Jul 10, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	41 min
Jul 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	38 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		60 min
Jul 10, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	44 min
Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Penobscot	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	97 min
Jul 10, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	58 min
Jul 10, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Waldo	58 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Waldo	53 min
Jul 10, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Waldo	43 min
Jul 10, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		67 min
Jul 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.