Maine, 2002

Hail in Maine, April 17, 2002

April 17, 2002 · NWS CAR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 17, 8:15 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 8:15 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
915 AM EDT WED APR 17 2002

.UPDATED...
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WESTERN PORTION OF REGION ASSOCIATED
WITH NEAR STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL AFFECT THE INTERIOR DOWNEAST
ZONES THIS MORNING. WILL UPDATE THESE ZONES TO INCLUDE MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY. MUCH
COOLER AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL SETTLE OVER NORTHERN MAINE TODAY AND
THURSDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL BRING RAIN TO
NORTHERN MAINE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH BRING
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE REGION THURSDAY.

.DISCUSSION...
BOTH ETA/AVN SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT IN MOVING FRONT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH
TODAY. WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS/DRIZZLE AND FOG OVER NORTHERN AREAS
TODAY AS THE FRONT DRIFTS TO THE SOUTH. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL SEE SOME SUN EARLY TODAY...THEN CLOUDS/SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE IN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH.
WILL UP POPS TO LIKELY ALL ZONES. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER
40S IN THE FAR NORTH TO NEAR 70 OVER SOUTHERN AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
POSITION OF THE COLD FRONT. MAV/FWC MAX TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD IN THE NORTH
BUT WILL GO ABOVE GUIDANCE IN FAR SOUTH TO ACCOUNT FOR SUN EARLY IN THE DAY.
FOR TONIGHT ETA/AVN SHOWING ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT...SO WILL GO WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN
WITH AREAS OF FOG IN THE NORTH AND SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM IN
THE SOUTH. GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD FOR MIN TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH
TONIGHT BUT A LITTLE TO COLD IN SOUTHERN AREAS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW
BRUNSWICK SHOULD BUILD INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES IN ALL AREAS.

COASTAL WATERS:
NO HEADLINES...WITH WINDS AND WAVES EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SCA CRITERIA THROUGH THURSDAY.

.CAR...NONE

WOLFE/MIGNONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 9:21 AM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1021 AM EDT WED APR 17 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1018 AM    ABBOT                     ME   1 INCH HAIL
04/17/02   PISCATAQUIS

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Penobscot

When
April 17, 9:57 AM EST
Where
Penobscot County, 15 mi NW of Bangor
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.950, -68.983

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5285593.