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Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME

June 30, 2021

NWS Caribou, ME issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 9:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 30, 2021, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 8:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:40 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 8:34 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
611 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLUE HILL               44.41N 68.59W
06/30/2021                   HANCOCK            ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES.

&&

JS

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:12 PM EDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
612 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0517 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE TRENTON           44.42N 68.36W
06/30/2021                   HANCOCK            ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA
            RADAR.

&&

JS

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
749 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

MEZ002-010030-
Northeast Aroostook-
749 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

At 748 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Mapleton, or 7
miles west of Presque Isle, moving east at 20 mph.

Wind gusts to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, Washburn, Mars Hill, Ashland,
Easton, Blaine, Westfield, Chapman, Castle Hill, Wade and Scopan
Mountain.

This includes US Highway 1 between Mars Hill and Presque Isle.

Heavy downpours may cause ponding of water on roadways.

LAT...LON 4660 6833 4676 6826 4676 6779 4650 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 277DEG 19KT 4667 6817

MStrauser

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:20 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
820 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIXMONT                 44.68N 69.16W
06/30/2021                   PENOBSCOT          ME   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES SNAPPED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
830 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

MEZ002-006-010100-
Southeast Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-
830 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

At 829 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Mars Hill, or 9
miles southeast of Presque Isle, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Presque Isle, Mars Hill, Easton, Bridgewater, Scopan, Monticello,
Blaine, Westfield, Chapman and Number Nine Mountain.

This includes US Highway 1 between Bridgewater and Mars Hill.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4646 6823 4667 6795 4667 6779 4631 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 306DEG 19KT 4656 6792

MStrauser

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
912 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

MEZ001-002-010200-
Northeast Aroostook-Northwest Aroostook-
912 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

At 911 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Lille, or 11
miles southeast of Madawaska, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Madawaska, Van Buren, Lille, Cross Lake, Madawaska Lake, Grand Isle,
Connor, Caswell, Stockholm, Hamlin, Sinclair, Guerette, Cyr
Plantation and Saint Agatha.

This includes US Highway 1 between Van Buren and Grand Isle.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4733 6816 4731 6815 4720 6795 4717 6794
      4712 6789 4711 6789 4707 6779 4697 6779
      4713 6838 4734 6819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 295DEG 23KT 4721 6820

MStrauser

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	61 min
Jun 30, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	30 min
Jul 1, 4:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		38 hr

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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.