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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Caribou, ME

October 1, 2010Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2010, 3:14 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 1, 2010, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2010, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
35 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 19:17 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 Oct 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 7:39 AM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 1, 12:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
211 PM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

MEZ005-006-011-012115-
NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD
211 PM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MAINE THROUGH 3 PM EDT. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH AND
BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM THE WEST OF UP TO 40 MPH.

KHW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 8:47 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR30 hr
Oct 1, 7:13 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningCARWashington47 min

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.