Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Caribou, ME

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
842 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MEC019-021-020115-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110802T0115Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
842 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...

AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DOVER-FOXCROFT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SEBEC...ATKINSON...BROWNVILLE...CHARLESTON...MILO AND LAGRANGE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN GUILFORD WITH THIS STORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4533 6886 4508 6882 4506 6935 4507 6936
      4507 6937 4527 6942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 272DEG 22KT 4518 6917

$$

HILL

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
910 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MEC019-021-020121-
/O.EXP.KCAR.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110802T0115Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
910 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4533 6886 4508 6882 4506 6935 4507 6936
      4507 6937 4527 6942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 272DEG 22KT 4512 6891

$$

HILL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
720 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA
WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH TONIGHT THEN SLIDE OVER THE AREA ON
TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE OVER NOVA SCOTIA WEDNESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN THURSDAY.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HAVE ADJUSTED PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION AND WEATHER GRIDS ALONG
WITH TEMPERATURES TO BETTER FIT ONGOING CONDITIONS.

UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS AS HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO LOWER.
SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH
WHERE DIVERGENCE ALOFT COMBINED WITH SOME SURFACE CONVERGENCE
SHOULD ADD SOME LIFT. AS THE LOW CENTER MOVES OVER SOUTHERN MAINE
ON TUESDAY DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE COAST WILL
CAUSE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH. COOL AIR
POOLED ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN CONTINUED INSTABILITY. THIS
MAY CAUSE SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT/...
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE MAINE COAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
PERIOD WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE INTO THURSDAY. MODEL POPS
A LITTLE HIGH MID DAY THURSDAY SO WILL LOWER NUMBERS A LITTLE. HAVE
USED A MODEL BLEND FOR POPS. WILL INCLUDE THE MENTION OF THUNDERS
INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. FOR WIND HAVE USE A BLEND OF THE NAM12
AND GMOS. THE GMOS WAS USED TO INITIALIZE THE TEMPERATURE GRIDS.
HAVE INCREASE MAXIMUM/MINIMUM RANGE SEVERAL DEGREES.
&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE EXTENDED MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A
CONFUSED WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION. A WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS THE REGION AT THE START OF
THE PERIOD. THIS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE
GULF OF MAINE AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE EAST ACROSS HUDSON BAY
WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH TO THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES REGION. A SECONDARY LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. BY SATURDAY MORNING THESE SYSTEM WILL
MERGE WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS THEN MOVE EAST INTO MAINE BY SUNDAY
EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AS
MULTIPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SLOWING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. BY LATE MONDAY EVENING THIS SYSTEM
WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL
RIDGE IN THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.

LOADED GMOS...MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO SKY AND POP GRIDS...LOADED
NAWAVE 4 FOR SEAS IN THE COASTAL WATER. ADDED 20 PERCENT TO WINDS
FOR GUSTS OVER WATER...15 PERCENT FOR OVER LAND.
&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
NEAR TERM: CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO IFR TONIGHT AND
REMAIN MOSTLY IFR TUESDAY IN LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS.

SHORT TERM: MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: HAVE ADJUSTED WIND SPEEDS LOWER FOR NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
TO BETTER FIT OBSERVATIONS.

WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA THROUGH TUESDAY.
FOG MAY AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS AGAIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

SHORT TERM: HAVE USED A BLEND OF THE NAM12 AND GFS40. FOR WAVES
WINDS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT AND NO LONG PERIOD WAVE IS EXPECTED.
WILL GENERATE WAVE GRIDS WITH WNA/4.
&&

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

&&

NEAR TERM...MIGNONE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
250 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-021900-
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-
250 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL
MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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