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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Caribou, ME

July 27, 2006Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

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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 27, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
413 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT
THEN ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE STATE
ON FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION SATURDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
SKIES CLEARED OUT THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR
REGION ALLOWING TEMPS TO REACH THE 80S TODAY. HOWEVER...VARIABLE
AMOUNTS OF LOW STRATUS CLOUDS AND A COOLER WIND FROM THE OCEAN
PREVAILED OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS. A CLUSTER OF VIGOROUS
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS WILL BRING SOME GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL LIKELY
DISSIPATE WHEN THEY PROGRESS EAST INTO THE COOLER MARINE
INFLUENCED AIR THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS...FOG AND STRATUS WILL
SHROUD DOWNEAST AREAS TONIGHT WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
TO THE NORTH. MODELS ARE IN CONSIDERABLE DISAGREEMENT WITH
FRIDAYS WEATHER WITH THE GFS BRINGING A SHORTWAVE AND AREA OF
RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS AND THE NAM AND GEM
BRINGING VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION. FOR NOW JUST WENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON
WHILE THE CORE OF THE SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH. THE SYSTEM MOVES
AWAY FRIDAY NIGHT AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SATURDAY. MODELS
ARE NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC WITH THE PRECIP CHANCES WITH THIS FRONT.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THE DIURNAL PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND MOISTURE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BELIEVE THUNDER SHOULD BE MENTIONED SO KEPT
IT IN FOR SATURDAY. A SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER HIGH IS EXPECTED
TO BUILD IN FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. A
COLD FRONT WILL THEN CROSS THE REGION MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF
THE REGION TUESDAY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY...WITH THE CHANCE
OF LINGERING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STILL
SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHERE THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY
TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE SHOULD TRACK EAST ALONG
THE FRONT WEDNESDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE SOUTHERN
FRONT AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW ALONG THE FRONT...ALONG WITH THE
SECOND FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS COULD
LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION
WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE FRONT. GENERALLY
EXPECT NEAR NORMAL LEVEL TEMPERATURES SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES TO LOWER TO IFR TONIGHT IN MOST
AREAS...AND LIFR/VLIFR DOWNEAST IN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. CEILINGS
WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO MVFR ON FRIDAY. WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTHERN/CENTRAL AREAS...WHICH COULD
PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM: WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA THROUGH FRIDAY. SEAS COULD
APPROACH 5 FT ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL BE MAINLY IN SWELL SO WILL
NOT ISSUE SCA FOR THESE SEAS. FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE
WATERS DUE TO THE HUMID AIR.

LONG TERM: WINDS/SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. VISIBILITIES COULD BE
REDUCED IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS
TUESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM/MARINE...BLOOMER
LONG TERM/MARINE...NORCROSS
AVIATION...BLOOMER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:21 AM EDT, 13 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:38 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:38 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED STORM SPEED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
638 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

MEZ001-272345-

AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

638 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

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

AT 637 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
GUSTY WINDS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLAGASH. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 745 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    FORT KENT...          FRENCHVILLE...        MADAWASKA...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    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 4732 6930 4692 6910 4741 6774 4770 6809

NOUHAN

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT, 29 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 27, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		55 min
Jul 27, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		75 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	61 min
Jul 27, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	63 min
Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	46 min
Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	55 min
Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		54 min
Jul 27, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		62 min
Jul 27, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		61 min
Jul 27, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		67 min
Jul 27, 6:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	110 min
Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		56 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		55 min
Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		45 min

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