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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME

May 25, 20104 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2010, 1:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 38 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: May 25, 2010, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2010, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 May 25, 4:57 AM EDT, 8 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:57 AM EDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 1:39 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset	65 min
May 25, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	36 min
May 25, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	65 min
May 25, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	61 min
May 25, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Washington	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2010 Every 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.