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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Caribou, ME

September 11, 2013Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2013, 7:55 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 35 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: Sep 11, 2013, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2013, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 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 Sep 11, 7:07 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 7:07 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 4:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 11, 5:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 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
Sep 11, 8:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	36 min
Sep 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset	41 min
Sep 11, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset	50 min
Sep 11, 4:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	26 min
Sep 11, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	48 min
Sep 11, 4:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAR	Aroostook	33 min
Sep 11, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	3 hr
Sep 11, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot	52 min
Sep 11, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook	23 min
Sep 11, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot	3 hr
Sep 11, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Washington	57 min
Sep 11, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Washington	63 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.