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Flood Watch 4, NWS Caribou, ME

April 27, 2011Aroostook County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 27, 2011, 3:16 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2011, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2011, 12:25 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity
None

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 27, 6:43 AM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:43 AM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:13 AM EDT, 12 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
313 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-280715-
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-
313 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

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.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS COMBINED WITH
SNOWMELT COULD ALLOW SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS TO REACH FLOOD LEVELS
BY LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN ARE ACROSS
THE SAINT JOHN AND ALLAGASH RIVER BASINS.

ANOTHER THREAT IS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RIVER RISES. STAY TUNED TO
THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ050>052-280715-
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-
313 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

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.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HASTINGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDTGale WatchCAR12 hr
Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR48 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2011Every flood watch in 2011

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.