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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Caribou, ME

July 28, 2008Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2008, 1:29 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2008, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 3:51 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:51 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
414 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-291100-
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-
414 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL
MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ050>052-291100-
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-
414 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VJN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot38 min
Jul 28, 12:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook3 hr
Jul 28, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis38 min
Jul 28, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot28 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARPenobscot, Piscataquis88 min
Jul 28, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis89 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.