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Flood Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

April 5, 20096 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 5, 2009, 3:56 PM EDT for 6 counties in Maine. It took effect at Apr 6, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2009, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 9, 2009, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 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 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		12 hr
Apr 5, 3:53 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	12 hr
Apr 5, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Penobscot	20 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2009 Every flood watch 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.