Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail developed across northern Maine in advance of a cold front crossing the region.
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Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail developed across northern Maine in advance of a cold front crossing the region.
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 8, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 250 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE NORTH ON MONDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST MONDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO QUEBEC. A STRONGER LOW WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY BREEZY AND COOLER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING ALONG A BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FROM SURFACE HEATING TO OUR WEST...BUT LIKELY ARE BEING WEAKENED BY WARMING ALOFT WHICH IS MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASINGLY STABLE. SOME THUNDERSHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN AREAS LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE BOUNDARY WEAKENS AND SLIDES SOUTH TO THE COAST. A PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARM NIGHT WILL FOLLOW WITH LIGHT WINDS ALLOWING FOR SOME PATCHY FOG LATE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MAIN CONCERNS ARE: WHERE WILL THE COLD FRONT STALL OUT AND AVAILABILITY FOR CONVECTION. DECIDED ON A GFS/SREF BLEND THIS GO AROUND. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH S INTO DOWNEAST MAINE ON MONDAY AND THEN STALL MONDAY AFTERNOON. DRIER COOLER AIR WILL FILTER DOWN INTO NRN AREAS ON MONDAY WITH LESS HUMID CONDITIONS. FURTHER S IN PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT...WARMER AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN. NOT MUCH TO FOCUS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAR SWRN ME AS ISOLD SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A TSTM COULD FIRE. GMOS TEMPS LOOKED LIKE A GOOD FIT. SOME ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE ACROSS THE N TO RAISE THEM SLIGHTLY DUE TO SOME SUNSHINE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT N MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT W/LOW PRES PASSING THROUGH QUEBEC. SREF AND GFS MATCHING QUITE WELL W/THE OPS AND DECISION HERE WAS TO INCREASE THE POPS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY W/THE HIGHEST CHCS GEARED ACROSS NRN AND WRN AREAS WHERE BEST FORCING AND LIFT WILL BE SITUATED. THREW THE MENTION OF TSTMS BOTH MONDAY NIGHT MORE FOR WRN AND NRN AREAS AND THEN INCLUDED THE ENTIRE CWA ON TUESDAY AS THE REGION GETS IN THE WARM SECTOR W/THE WARM FRONT LIFTING N OF THE REGION BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING THINGS DESTABILIZING LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY ACROSS THE W AND N W/THE WARM FRONT AND NICE MID-LVL PUNCH TO SUPPORT THE MENTION OF THUNDER. THE GUIDANCE DESTABILIZES THINGS EVEN MORE ON TUESDAY W/MU CAPES RUNNING WELL ABV 1000 J/KG AND TTS HITTING 50+. TOOK GMOS TEMP FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND ADJUSTED THEM UP A FEW DEGS ESP DOWNEAST AND THE COAST. TEMPS ON TUESDAY WERE ADJUSTED UPWARD A FEW DEGS AS WELL PLAYING FOR THE WARM SECTOR. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT FOR WAS THROWN IN FOR MONDAY NIGHT DUE ENE FLOW AT THE SFC COMBINED W/LIGHT SSE FLOW FROM 925-850 MBS ALLOWING FOR LLVLS TO MOISTEN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST CENTERS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGWAVE BLOCKING PATTERN OVER THE NE UNITED STATES. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE AN OMEGA BLOCK FEATURE WITH THE RIDGE PORTION OVER THE NE. ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE (GFS AND ECMWF) SEEM TO INDICATE A MORE EASTWARD PLACEMENT WITH THE BLOCK. CONVERSELY...DETERMINISTIC MODELS INDICATE THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BLOCK WILL RETROGRADE OVER THE EAST COAST. THERE REMAINS A MODERATE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT THE ACTUAL SOLUTION WILL BE. AT THIS POINT...IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO DEVIATE FROM GMOS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND PUSH THE FORECAST TOWARD A SOLUTION MORE IN LINE WITH THE ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. THIS WILL MEAN LOW POPS AND HIGHER TEMPERATURES FOR THESE DAYS IN ALL LOCATIONS. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT WITH THE BRIEF EXCEPTIONS BEING IN ANY THUNDERSHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS DOWNEAST MAY BRIEFLY LOWER TO IFR IN SOME FOG LATE TONIGHT. LOOKING FURTHER OUT: LOOKS LIKE VFR FOR THE MOST PART W/THE EXCEPTION FOR SOME MVFR CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT ESP NRN AND ERN AREAS FOR LOW CIGS AND FOG W/THE LIGHT ENE FLOW. COULD VERY WELL SEE MVFR AND EVEN IFR CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA TONIGHT. HUMID AIR OVER THE WATERS MAY RESULT IN SOME FOG AND MIST. NO HEADLINES FORESEEN INTO LATE WEEK. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...BLOOMER SHORT TERM...HEWITT LONG TERM...LERICOS AVIATION...BLOOMER MARINE...BLOOMER/HEWITT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 246 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 MEZ001>006-091900- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- 246 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ010-011-015>017-029>032-091900- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 246 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-091900- 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- 246 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree and power lines were toppled at the intersection of Grimes Road and Grimes Mill Road by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
A wind gust estimated at 50 mph also occurred.
Trees were toppled or snapped across Presque Isle by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph. Trees were reported toppled on Maple...Cedar and Judge streets along with Egypt Road. A telephone pole was blown over on Barton Street.
A localized microburst containing estimated winds of up to 85 mph damaged a large metal silo at the intersection of Routes 163 and 167. An air conditioning unit at the same location was lifted from its slab and moved several inches from its original location. Several trees were also toppled adjacent to the property.
Trees were toppled along Blake Street and at the University of Maine at Presque Isle campus by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
Half dollar sized hail was reported on Bog Road near Limestone...with a tree also toppled by strong wind gusts.
Trees were toppled by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees and power lines were toppled in Woodland Center by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees and power lines were toppled along Pinkham Road to the south of Munsungan Lake by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 113321, 113323, 113324, 113331, 113333, 113335, 113338, 113342, 113345, 113353.