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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2010, 3:20 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 13, 2010, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2010, 3:50 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 19:22 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 13, 5:57 AM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:57 AM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 152 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 MEZ001-003-132100- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT 152 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST MAINE THROUGH 3 PM... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH SAINT PAMPHILE AND THE BIG BLACK RIVER AREA UNTIL 300 PM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IN A SHELTER OR BUILDING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BECOME SEVERE, PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DOODY/NORCROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Somerset | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.