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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 2, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 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 18:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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 Jun 2, 11:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 11:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1143 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 MEZ001>006-031545- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- 1143 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ010-011-015-031-031545- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- 1143 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE AND NORTH CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ016-017-029-030-032-031545- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 1143 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS THOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO A THREAT. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MCW
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 10:26 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 29 hr | |
| Jun 2, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.