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From: Matt Higgs (mattongm{at}hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 16:03:18 EDT
NOUS41 KGYX
052012PNSGYXMEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-023>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-071200PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
400 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2002...MAY 31 STORM SURVEY -
TORNADO AND MICROBURST...AFTER SURVEYING THE DAMAGE FROM LAST FRIDAY'S (MAY
31) STORMS IN OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF WEST PARIS WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO AND
DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF CANTON WAS CAUSED BY A MICROBURST.THE TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN JUST TO THE NORTH OF PORTER ROAD, CROSSEDPORTER ROAD, CROSSED HIGH
STREET, CROSSED RT. 26 JUST SOUTH OF SNOWFALLS, CROSSED PLEASANT VALLEY
ROAD, AND THEN DISSIPATED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY
2 MILES AND HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF ABOUT 125 YARDS. THE TORNADO INTENSITY
WAS CLASSIFIED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO
BE BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH AND OCCURRED TO THE EAST OF HIGH STREET.THE
TORNADO KNOCKED OVER MORE THAN A HUNDRED TREES AND DAMAGED ORDESTROYED
SEVERAL BUILDINGS. MAINE AVERAGES ABOUT TWO TORNADOES A YEAR. THIS IS THE
FIRST CONFIRMED TORNADO IN MAINE FOR 2002.IN ADDITION, THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SURVEYED DAMAGE IN THE TOWNOF CANTON IN OXFORD COUNTY AND HAS
DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A MICROBURST. MAXIMUM WINDS IN THE
MICROBURST WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 TO 80 MPH. THE WINDS KNOCKED OVER
NUMEROUS TREES AND TORE THE ROOF OFF A BARN. THE BARN ROOF WAS LIFTED INTO
THE AIR AND LANDED IN A WOODED AREA A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
$$JENSENIUSNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GRAY, MAINE
Off to a great start.
Matt
http://greenmountainnb.tripod.com
Matt Higgs
Green Mountain, New Brunswick
Weather Watcher for:
WAGM-TV 8 Presque Isle
WVII-TV 7 Bangor
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