1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 4, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
330 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION...
TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MAINE. BUSY AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN
MAINE AT TIME.
COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH
LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. MODELS INDICATE LARGE UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. SERIES OF VORT
MAXS ROTATING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS
FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL START TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH
DRIER AIR RETURNING THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY BRINGING THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.
COASTAL WATERS...
NO HEADLINES COASTAL WATERS.
.CAR...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MAINE.
TDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1115 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM PRESQUE ISLE ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK 3 TREES DOWN...CHIMNEY
DAMAGED...FENCE BLOWN DOWN
1145 AM MAPLETON ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN...SMALL BUILDING
DAMAGED...WIND ESTIMATED AT
70 MPH
1155 AM NEW SWEDEN ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
1215 PM CASTLE HILL ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
1230 PM PRESQUE ISLE ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
APFFELMEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1240 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE UNTIL 600 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE UNTIL 600 PM EDT TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. NORCROSS
PWMLSRCAR ALL
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
315 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM PRESQUE ISLE ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK 3 TREES DOWN...CHIMNEY
DAMAGED...FENCE BLOWN DOWN
1145 AM MAPLETON ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN...SMALL BUILDING
DAMAGED...WIND ESTIMATED AT
70 MPH
1155 AM NEW SWEDEN ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
1215 PM CASTLE HILL ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
1230 PM PRESQUE ISLE ME WIND DAMAGE
07/04/02 AROOSTOOK TREES DOWN
APFFELThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado originated near Number Seven Ridge and tracked southeast around a mile before dissipating. The tornado remained in wooded areas during the entire track causing extensive tree damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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