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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Caribou, ME

August 8, 2006Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2006, 12:12 AM EDT for Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 8, 2006, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2006, 12:37 AM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, ME

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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 Aug 7, 11:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 11:35 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1135 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

ANZ050-MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-090345-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
1135 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR ALL BUT EXTREME
DOWNEAST MAINE (HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES) HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. ANY REMAINING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO FILTER ACROSS THE REGION IN
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT DAMAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CARIBOU.

FITZSIMMONS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1006 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

MEZ006-080245-
AROOSTOOK COUNTY...
1006 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

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

AT 1003 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
GUSTY WINDS NEAR HOULTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 1045 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    HODGDON...    HOULTON...    LITTLETON...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    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...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT. STAY
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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 4630 6807 4598 6802 4600 6698 4641 6703

WEITLICH

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1140 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

MEZ016-017-032-080445-

WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...

1140 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

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

AT 1137 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY WITH SMALL HAIL GUSTY WINDS 10 MILES SOUTH
OF GRAND LAKE STREAM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 1245 AM EDT INCLUDE...
    GRAND LAKE STREAM...                        TOPSFIELD...
    PRINCETON...          MEDDYBEMPS...         CALAIS...
    PEMBROKE...           PERRY...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...
    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 4522 6814 4474 6799 4495 6684 4565 6725

FITZSIMMONS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	70 min
Aug 7, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot	37 min
Aug 7, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		39 min
Aug 7, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot, Washington	59 min
Aug 7, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Washington	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.