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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Caribou, ME

July 3, 2014Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high surf advisory at Jul 3, 2014, 3:37 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jul 5, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2014, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Jul 3, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 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
Jul 3, 3:33 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		11 hr
Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	42 min
Jul 3, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis	88 min
Jul 3, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	65 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Maine, 2014 Every high surf advisory 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.