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Gale Warning 15, NWS Caribou, ME

April 3, 2009

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Apr 3, 2009, 3:30 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 3, 2009, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2009, 9:55 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Apr 2, 8:42 PM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:42 PM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:32 PM EDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
432 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

MEZ001>006-031200-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
432 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RAIN AND MELTING SNOW WILL CAUSE RISING WATER LEVELS ON RIVERS AND
STREAMS THIS WEEKEND. RISING RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS COULD CAUSE
ICE MOVEMENT AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL NEED
TO BE MONITORED THIS WEEKEND. ANOTHER LOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING
MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS AND CONTINUED SNOW MELT EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH A GREATER THREAT OF ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE JAMS. THE FLOOD
THREAT WILL BE GREATER WITH THE SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH
THIS WEEKENDS SYSTEM ACTING TO PRIME RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR
POSSIBLE ICE JAMS AND FLOODING EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER RAIN...FLOOD AND ICE JAM REPORTS WILL BE NEEDED THIS
WEEKEND.

MEZ010-011-015>017-029>032-031200-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
432 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER RAIN...FLOOD AND ICE JAM REPORTS WILL BE NEEDED THIS
WEEKEND.

ANZ050>052-031200-
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-
432 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NORCROSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:18 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington14 hr
Apr 3, 5:15 AM EDTWind AdvisoryCARHancock, Washington17 hr

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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.