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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2009, 2:27 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2009, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2009, 2:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 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 18:28 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 29, 4:15 AM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 4:15 AM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:25 AM EDT, 10 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 425 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-300830- 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- 425 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 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. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TOWARD THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS TO RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-300830- 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- 425 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUDA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 207 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 MEZ001-003-004-292115- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT... BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM... MOUNT KATAHDIN 207 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MAINE... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST MAINE. THESE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST. ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. SAFEST LOCATIONS DURING THUNDERSTORMS ARE A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING OR A A METAL ENCLOSED VEHICLE. LULOFS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 20 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 61 min |
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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.