Someone please explain this weirdness!!!!!!!!!!

[Planetsnow]

A tornado happened in Maine last week on Thankstgiving day during winter weather which featured snow and mixed precipitation. It was no cold air funnel, it was a real tornado.

How the heck??????????

http://www.wcsh6.com/newscenter/article.asp?id=29061.

[isobar]

That's really interesting! And also, there weren't any Storm Reports received by SPC that day. One of those freaky things I guess.

Here's a portion of Conv Outlook from SPC issued at 20Z 112405:

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0142 PM CST THU NOV 24 2005

VALID 242000Z - 251200Z

...COASTAL MAINE...
OCCASIONAL BURSTS OF LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY CONVECTION
MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF COASTAL/DOWNEAST MAINE LATE THIS AFTN.
STRONG VORT MAX PIVOTING NEWD OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST HAS BEEN
MAXIMIZING UVV ACROSS COASTAL NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTN. RUC FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW POTENTIAL BUOYANCY ABOVE H85 OF AROUND 200 J/KG.
GIVEN SUCH STRONG UVV...PARCELS ARE BEING LOFTED ABOVE THE -20C
RANGE...WHICH IS FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC LIGHTNING.

..RACY.. 11/24/2005

HWO only mentioned gale warning on the coast.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
310 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

ANZ150-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-250815-
STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-NORTHERN OXFORD-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
310 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE
AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR COOS COUNTY IN FAR NORTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN
EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT COASTAL ZONES...
FOR TODAY. THERE ARE NO WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR
COASTAL AREAS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. A GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A GALE WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
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