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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME

July 4, 20145 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood watch at Jul 4, 2014, 8:48 AM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Jul 4, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2014, 8:48 AM EDT (12:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 4, 2:40 AM EDT, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:40 AM EDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 2:47 AM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
247 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014

MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-031-032-050700-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
247 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014

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.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF MAINE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. MOISTURE FROM ARTHUR WILL INTERACT WITH A COLD FRONT
ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE AND BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THIS
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MEZ029-030-050700-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
247 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF MAINE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. MOISTURE FROM ARTHUR WILL INTERACT WITH A COLD FRONT
ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE AND BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THIS
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ050>052-050700-
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-
247 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF MAINE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. MOISTURE FROM ARTHUR WILL INTERACT WITH A COLD FRONT
ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE AND BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THIS
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	90 min
Jul 4, 2:42 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		40 hr
Jul 4, 3:19 PM EDT	Storm Warning	CAR		21 hr
Jul 4, 3:44 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Washington	26 hr
Jul 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset	23 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Maine, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.