Several thunderstorm complexes crossing northern and northcentral Maine produced damaging winds.
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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 episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Several thunderstorm complexes crossing northern and northcentral Maine produced damaging winds.
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 Jun 10, 2:57 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 357 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY AND BEYOND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS ON THE INCREASE OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE THE NORTHEAST U.S. IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS ACTIVITY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MAINLY OF THE PULSE VARIETY GIVEN THE SHEAR PROFILE. NEVERTHELESS...SEVERE CONVECTION IS A LIKELY THREAT GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE. LATER THIS EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND INCREASE THE SHEAR PROFILE. AT THIS POINT CONVECTION COULD TAKE ON MORE STRUCTURE AND THUS THE SEVERE THREAT WILL INCREASE. INDEED...AN MCS IS NOW WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH NY AND AT PRESENT SPEED WILL BE OVER MAINE TONIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. WORDING IN THE FORECAST HAS BEEN INCLUDED THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE CONVECTIVE THREAT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS AND OTHER NWS PRODUCTS FOR UPDATES TO THE SITUATION. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A MID/UPPER LEVEL JET MAX APPROACHING THE REGION. WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING ALOFT AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES...ALONG WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND INCREASING JET SUPPORT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS WHERE THE BEST COMBINATION OF FACTORS WILL EXIST. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS...WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT...THEN END IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR NORMAL LEVEL TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...WITH BELOW NORMAL LEVEL TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... COMPUTER MODEL GUIDANCE STILL APPEARS TO BE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA AT THE START OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS OVER THE UPPER MID-WEST AND OVER NEWFOUNDLAND PLACES THE NORTHEAST U.S. UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PATTERN. SOME DISAGREEMENTS AMONG THE MODEL GUIDANCE BEYOND FRIDAY IS LEADING TO ONLY WEAK TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. ECMWF MODEL IS FAVORED FOR FRIDAY. AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND A NEW LONG WAVE PATTERN BEGINS TO EMERGE UNCERTAINTY IS HIGHER AND WILL MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO MOS GUIDANCE AS RESULT. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WARM MOIST CONDITIONS ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF MAINE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE. REFER TO TAFS AND OTHER AVIATION WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MAINLY VFR IS ANTICIPATED WED THRU SUN...WITH PERHAPS MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS SPCLY NRN TAF SITES WED AFT AND EVE. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: WINDS/SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN FOG TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. SHORT TERM: NO HEADLINES ANTICIPATED ATTM. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...FOSTER SHORT TERM...NORCROSS LONG TERM...LERICOS AVIATION...FOSTER MARINE...FOSTER/NORCROSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 221 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MEZ001-002-006-016-017-029-030-032-111830- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 221 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT EXISTS. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO FORM DURING THIS PERIOD...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH LARGE HAIL THE SECONDARY CONCERN. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST NWS PRODUCTS FOR UPDATES TO THIS SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MEZ003>005-010-011-015-031-111830- NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- 221 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 500 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ050>052-111830- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM- INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME- 221 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were toppled along the Cyr Road near Chemquasabamticook Lake by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
Numerous trees were toppled just west of Johns Bridge on the Cyr Road near Eagle Lake by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
Numerous trees were toppled in the vicinity of Churchill Dam by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
Trees were toppled by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees were toppled at North and Winter Streets by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees were toppled on Bates and Pond Roads by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees were toppled on Doughty Hill Road by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
A microburst with wind gusts estimated at up to 85 mph toppled dozens of trees across Fort Kent with other trees snapped...which in some cases landed on homes and power lines. Some of the toppled and snapped trees had diameters in excess of 2 feet.
Approximately 6 trees were toppled along Route 161 between Madawaska Lake and Cross Lake by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 2008
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: 113364, 113368, 113372, 113406, 113374, 113375, 113377, 113380, 113392, 113401.