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Flood Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

June 1, 20134 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Jun 1, 2013, 4:14 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2013, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity: None

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 08:16 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 Jun 1, 4:00 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:00 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 5:03 PM EDT, 11 hours 11 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 31, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	6 hr
Jun 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	38 min
Jun 1, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	42 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	25 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Washington	42 min
Jun 1, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	50 min

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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.