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745 NOUS41 KCAR 032044 CCA PNSCAR MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-040100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 444 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR EAGLE LAKE IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE... LOCATION...EAGLE LAKE IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE DATE...06/02/2013 ESTIMATED TIME...3:06 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...80 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...47.0703N / 68.6045W ENDING LAT/LON...47.0704N / 68.6034W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU ME HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF EAGLE LAKE IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE ON 06/02/2013. THIS WAS A VERY SMALL AND BRIEF TORNADO WHICH WAS ACTUALLY ON THE LEADING EDGE OF A MICROBURST WHICH CAUSED MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE FROM ALONG EAGLE LAKE, NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD CROSS LAKE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MICROBURSTS GO TO WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/JETSTREAM/TSTORMS/WIND.HTM (LOWER CASE). 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. $$ NRR