Maine, 2002

Hail in Maine, July 3, 2002

July 3, 2002 · NWS CAR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • 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 3, 5:47 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:47 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
647 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

UPDATED...
UPDATED TO ADD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ENTIRE AREAS
THROUGH ENTIRE TONIGHT PERIOD.  OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES.

SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER CENTRAL MAINE
TONIGHT.A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND
USHER SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION...ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OVER THE AREA
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE UNSETTLED WEATHER INTO SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...
THE VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS STILL INPLACE OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST
MAINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90 TO 75 RANGE AND MID 70 DEWPOINTS.
HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 106 BANGOR AREA. ISSUED SPS EARLIER TO
HIGHLIGHT HEAT DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. DEWPOINT FRONT SLIPPED THORUHG
NORTHERN MAINE DURING THE MORNING AND DROPPED DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER
60S. THIS FEATURE SHOULD WASH OUT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVELS VERY
MOIST DOWNEAST...UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE VERY WARM WHICH HAVE
CAPPED CONVECTION SO FAR. HAVE INCLUDED A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING AS SATELLITE SHOWS TOWER CU.

12Z MODEL ENSEMBLE BRINGS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY/THU
EVENING. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THU. ALSO...IT WILL PUT AN END TO THE STIFLING HEAT.MODELS
ALSO BRING CUT OFF UPPER LOW OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA. AVN HAS BEEN CONSISTENT
IN MOVING THIS FEATURE SLOWLY ACROSS FA FRIDAY AND SAT. THIS WILL PRODUCE
SCT SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH ON FRI AND WIDEPSREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SAT.
SOME SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO SUN...BUT WILL KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW.

ENSEMBLE AVN TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND SHOWING LARGE SPREADS
INDICATING A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. WILL TREND TEMPERATURES AND POPS
TOWARD MEAN. IN THE TERM...AVN MOS TEMPERATURES MOST REASONABLE WITH FWC
TOO WARM AND ETA TOO COOL. DO NOT SEE THE HIGH POPS FOR THE NORHTERN ZONES
TONIGHT AS SATELLITE LOOPS DO NOT SHOW ANYTHING UPSTREAM TO THREATEN
OVERNIGHT. SO WILL CUT POPS TO 20%.

COASTAL WATERS...NO HEADLINES TODAY OR TONIGHT. FOG WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES.

.CAR...NONE.

BT/JH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 8:27 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
927 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0710 PM    DOVER FOXCROFT            ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PISCATAQUIS

0710 PM    DOVER FOXCROFT            ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   PISCATAQUIS                    SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER
                                          BRANCHES DOWNED.

0715 PM    MILLINOCKET               ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT

0847 PM    ORONO                     ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT

0855 PM    CARMEL                    ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ON
                                          ROUTE 69.

LULOFS
Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:02 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1002 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

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

0710 PM    DOVER FOXCROFT            ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PISCATAQUIS

0710 PM    DOVER FOXCROFT            ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   PISCATAQUIS                    SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER
                                          BRANCHES DOWNED.

0715 PM    MILLINOCKET               ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT

0715 PM    SEBEC                     ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PISCATAQUIS

0847 PM    ORONO                     ME   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT

0855 PM    CARMEL                    ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   PENOBSCOT                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ON
                                          ROUTE 69.

LULOFS

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When
July 3, 9:32 PM EST
Where
Washington County, Cherryfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.600, -67.917

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: 5306835.