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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2009, 6:44 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 61 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, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 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 22:46 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, 5:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 5:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 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
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.