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Flood Watch 3, NWS Caribou, ME

March 28, 2014Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Mar 28, 2014, 3:22 PM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2014, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2014, 1:35 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity
None

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 19:25 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 Mar 27, 7:09 PM EDT, 20 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 7:09 PM EDT, 20 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 9:47 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR30 hr
Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington25 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2014Every 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.