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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME

April 23, 2009Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2009, 5:47 AM EDT for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2009, 5:47 AM EDT (09:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2009, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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 09:48 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 23, 3:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 2:51 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		12 hr
Apr 23, 4:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	93 min
Apr 23, 4:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	112 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.