Alert archive / Maine / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 4, NWS Caribou, ME
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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr |
Nearby
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.