with a weak tornado also reported. Heavy rains produced localized flash flooding around Caribou and Fort Fairfield in northeast Aroostook County.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds occurred with a squall line crossing the region in advance of a cold front...with a weak tornado also reported. Heavy rains produced localized flash flooding around Caribou and Fort Fairfield in northeast Aroostook County. The squall line crossed the region from the mid afternoon into the early evening hours.
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 9, 11:20 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1220 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG WILL CROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPDATE: UPDATE GRIDS/ZFP TO INCLUDE SEVERE TSTM WATCH 450 THROUGH 8 PM EDT. THINGS LOOK TO BE ON TRACK FOR SEVERE STORMS TO GO BY 18Z OR SO ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL AREAS DOWN INTO THE DOWNEAST REGIONS. MAIN THREAT DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. RADAR SHOWING ENHANCED ECHOES ACROSS THE WESTERN MAINE MOVING EAST. VISIBLE SATL IMAGERY INDICATED PLENTY OF BREAKS ALLOWING FOR HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FAVOR POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FOCUS NOW TURNS TO POTENTIAL 2ND ROUND FOR TODAY W/ LOW PRES CENTERED JUST NNW OF THE FA W/ ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW ACROSS SW QUEBEC AND ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT IS FCST TO MOVE SEWRD TODAY AND ENTER FAR NW AREAS LATER THIS AM THEN MOVE SE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA THRU THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE EXITING OFF THE DOWNEAST COAST THIS EVENING. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT SHOULD COMBINE W/ STRONG FRONTAL FORCING TO GIVE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FOR OUR REGION. INHIBITING FACTORS INCLUDE THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO NW AREAS DURING THE AM LIMITING THE HEATING AND INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. MANY AREAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA ALSO RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FROM LAST EVENING THRU ERLY THIS AM WHICH WILL HAVE STABILIZED THE LOWER LEVELS AND MAY MAKE IT TUF FOR THE ATMOS TO RELOAD BY THE TIME THE NEXT ROUND IS READY TO COMMENCE. THIS SUGGEST THAT THE BEST THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FA. CURRENTLY SPC HAS THE ENTIRE FA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE... WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR FLASH FLOOD THREAT CLOSELY TODAY AS SOME AREAS RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FORM THE 1ST ROUND OF CONVECTION EARLIER TONIGHT... THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FA TODAY IS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE FULL THERMAL POTENTIAL OF THE AIRMASS W/ THE COLD FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO CROSS THIS AREA UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE FCST HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 AWAY FROM THE COAST TAPERING BACK TO THE MID 70S FAR NW WHERE THE EARLY ONSET OF PRECIP AND FROPA SHOULD KEEP HIGH TEMPS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN AREAS FURTHER S AND E TODAY. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE FA FROM NW TO SE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT... && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH FROM CANADA AND SETTLE OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE OFF SHORE SATURDAY EVENING. AS A RESULT EXPECT PLEASANT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ONLY CONCERN WILL BE LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT AS CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING. SOME AREAS....ESPECIALLY THE USUAL COLD SPOTS IN THE ALLAGASH...COULD DROP INTO THE MID 30S. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A FAIRLY ACTIVE PATTERN SETS UP FOR THE LONG TERM. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY. THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND WEAKEN AS ANOTHER SINKS SOUTH FROM QUEBEC SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SECOND LOW WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK...KEEPING SHOWERY WEATHER AROUND THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT EXPECT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. && .AVIATION /16Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... NEAR TERM: VARIABLE CONDS TODAY W/ MVFR TO IFR THIS AM GIVING WAY TO VFR W/ PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR IN ANY SHOWERS AND TSTMS. VFR CONDS DEVELOP ALL TAF SITES BY THIS EVENING AND PREVAIL THRU TONIGHT. SHORT TERM: VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...THEN MVFR IN OFF AND ON SHOWERS FROM 06Z SUNDAY ON AS UPPER LOW PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: WILL CONT TO ADVERTISE AREAS OF FOG OVER THE WATERS W/ WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE UNTIL COLD FROPA THIS EVENING. WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BLO SCA LEVELS THRU TONIGHT. SHORT TERM: HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WATERS WILL KEEP WINDS AND WAVES WELL BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE TO 10-20 KT AND 3-5 FT BY MIDWEEK. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...HEWITT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1211 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-101615- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 1211 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 450 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS OR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU. ANZ050>052-101615- 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- 1211 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 450 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS OR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU. HEWITT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
141 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM TSTM WND DMG SOLDIER POND 47.16N 68.58W
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TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SOLDIER POND.
0622 PM TORNADO 4 SSW STOCKHOLM 46.99N 68.18W
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NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO WITH A 10 MILE
INTERMITTENT PATH.
0631 PM TSTM WND DMG STOCKHOLM 47.04N 68.14W
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TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN STOCKHOLM.
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE CARIBOU 46.94N 67.96W
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NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON ALBAIR ROAD.
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG LORING 46.94N 67.89W
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NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG ASHLAND 46.63N 68.41W
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NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS ASHLAND.
0650 PM FLASH FLOOD FORT KENT 47.26N 68.59W
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TWO FEET OF WATER ON MAIN STREET
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE CARIBOU 46.94N 67.96W
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BARN DESTROYED ON BRISSETTE ROAD.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E NEW SWEDEN 46.94N 68.06W
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GARAGE MOVED IN TO ROAD ON PLANTE ROAD.
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 ESE FORT KENT 47.24N 68.51W
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CULVERTS AND PARTS OF NORTH PERLEY BROOK ROAD WASHED OUT.
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG CARIBOU 46.86N 68.01W
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NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN CARIBOU.
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG ASHLAND 46.63N 68.41W
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NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ASHLAND.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE CARIBOU 46.92N 67.92W
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NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON MADAWASKA ROAD.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE CARIBOU 46.88N 67.98W
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TREES DOWN ON BOWLS ROAD.
0749 PM TSTM WND DMG MAPLETON 46.68N 68.16W
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TREES DOWN IN MAPLETON.
0749 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 WSW PRESQUE ISLE 46.64N 68.17W
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NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
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MJHThe Caribou radar (KCBW), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were toppled in Barnard by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Wind gusts were estimated at 58 mph.
Trees were toppled on High Street and Church Street in Brownville by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Trees and power lines were toppled around Bowerbank by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
Numerous large tree limbs...up to 2 feet in diameter...were snapped in Milo.
An EF0 tornado briefly touched down damaging trees.
Trees were toppled by wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
Trees were toppled along Route 1A between Fort Fairfield and Limestone by wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced 2.00 to 4.00 inches of rain in a short time producing flash flooding. Flash flooding was reported at various locations around Caribou. Water and debris were reported on High Street...Limestone Street...Grimes Mill Road and portions of Route 161. Portions of Route 161 were closed due to water and debris on the road. Water depths of up to 18 to 24 inches were reported on Sweden Street at the height of the flash flooding. Flash flooding damaged portions of River Road. Other roads and culverts were washed out or damaged due to the flooding. Fields were also significantly damaged and eroded in spots due to the heavy rain.
Numerous trees were toppled by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced 2.00 to 4.00 inches of rain in a short time producing flash flooding. The flash flooding washed out portions of Strickland Road.
Numerous trees were toppled in the Lincoln area by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph. One large tree landed on a house.
Two garage doors were torn from a metal storage building by wind gusts estimated at 65 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maine, 2011Warnings in Maine, June 2011
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: 325383, 325385, 325396, 325400, 325409, 325422, 325432, 325440, 325450, 325482, 325495, 325507, 325512, 325516, 325517.