Ludlow Maine EF-0 Tornado, May 26th

LOCATION...LUDLOW IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE

DATE...MAY 26 2014

ESTIMATED TIME...150 PM EDT

MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH

MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...180 YARDS

PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS

BEGINNING LAT/LON...46.1478N / 67.9915W

ENDING LAT/LON...46.1446N / 67.9901W

* FATALITIES...0

* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU ME HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR LUDLOW IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE ON MAY 26 2014. MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT ON BOTH SIDES OF LUDLOW ROAD, WITH TREES EITHER SPLIT OR UPROOTED IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN. THIS DAMAGE WAS SUPPORTED BY AN EYEWITNESS WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, AS WELL AS WELL AS PHOTO EVIDENCE OF THE FUNNEL TAKEN BY A PERSON SOUTH OF HOULTON. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/CAR.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.

EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.

EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.

EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.

EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.

EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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