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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2013, 3:12 PM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 14, 2013, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 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 Aug 14, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 345 AM EDT WED AUG 14 2013 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-150745- 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- 345 AM EDT WED AUG 14 2013 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. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF A HOULTON...MILLINOCKET...DOVER-FOXCROFT LINE AND AWAY FROM THE COAST HAVE THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING STRONGER ACTIVITY. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-150745- 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- 345 AM EDT WED AUG 14 2013 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HASTINGS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 14, 3:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 52 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.