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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2008, 5:48 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 18, 2008, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Aroostook County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.