Maine, 2002

Hail in Maine, July 15, 2002

July 15, 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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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jul 15, 8:54 AM EST, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:54 AM EST, 9 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
954 AM EDT MON JUL 15 2002

.UPDATED...
QUICK UPDATE TO BRING FORECAST CURRENT. WILL DROP NPW FOR FOG FOR
COASTAL ZONES. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY AREAS FOG IN COASTAL ZONES.
WILL BRING NORTHEASTERN ZONES MAX TEMPS TO NR 70.

SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PASS THROUGH THE STATE TODAY.
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BREAK OUT AHEAD AND ALONG
THE FRONT.  THE FRONT WILL STALL FOR A TIME OVER WESTERN NEW
BRUNSWICK THIS EVENING KEEPING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER EASTERN
MAINE FOR TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE STATE ON
TUESDAY WITH DRIER WEATHER.

DISCUSSION...
DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER THIS AM FOR DOWNEAST COAST.  TEMPS
IN MID TO UPPER 50S ALONG COAST WITH 100 RH AND IR/FOG COMBO SHWG
EXTENT WELL INTO ZONE 17.  LIKE ETA IDEA OF KEEPING ONSHORE FLOW
THIS AREA THRU MOST OF DAY AND THINK LOW CLDS MAY LINGER MUCH OF DAY
AFTER FOG LIFTS.

SFC CDFNTL BNDRY NOW OVR CENTRAL QUEBEC WITH LINE OF MAINLY SHRA FM
CYUL TO WRN ME AND NWD.  XPCT MOST ACTIVITY TO STAY N OF KNGR-KPQI
LINE AND WEAKEN THRU THIS AM.

LATE MORNING - AFTN...DYNAMIC COOLING ALFT WITH DEEPENING S/W LEAD
TO MDT INSTABILITIES OF 700 TO 12OO CAPE...DEPENDING ON LCL SUNSHINE
AMNTS.  ADDITIONALLY...0 TO 6 KM SHEAR VALUES ARND 45 KTS...TOGETHER
THESE INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR SCT STRONG STORMS.  CORFIDI FWD
PROP...OFF BUFKIT...SUGGEST SOME STORMS MVG UP TO 40 KTS SO WILL MTN
GUSTY WINDS W/ STORMS IN ZONES.

TEMP WISE TDAY...LOWERED TEMPS A BIT ALL ZONES...LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF
MID CLDS THIS AM AND A LOW CONVECTIVE TEMP THIS AFTN WILL KEEP TEMPS
IN LOW TO MID 70S MOST LOCATIONS.

NWP MODELS A LTL UNSTEADY FOR TNGT...MOST STALL FNT ALG OR JUST
EAST OF BORDER AND CONT SHRA ACTIVIY OVER EASTERN MAINE.  I PLAYED
ALONG...WITH POPS LIKELY EAST AND SCT WEST ZONES.

ALL NWP MODELS SHOW CUT-OFF UPR LOW TO STAY PROGRESSIVE W BUILDING
HGTS BY TUESDAY MID-DAY...SO TUE SHOULD STAY DRY WITH VARYING
AMOUNTS OF FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS.

COASTAL WATERS...DENSE FOG THIS AM...WITH SHOWERS AND SCT
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTN/EVE. ALSO...WILL INTRODUCE SWELL OF 4 FT FM
DVLP OCEAN STORM STARTING TOMORROW.

.CAR...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THRU MID MORNING DOWNEAST. SCA

NORTON/MIGNONE

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Aroostook

When
July 15, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Aroostook County, Oakfield
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.100, -68.150

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: 5306907.