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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Caribou, ME

May 26, 2014Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 50 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
May 26, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
50 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 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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 May 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:58 AM EDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
HAZ ARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
858 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

MEZ001-002-006-017-029-030-032-270745-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
858 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN MAINE AND SOUTHEAST
MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG OR EVEN POSSIBLY SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS
WILL BE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ050>052-270745-
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-
858 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MEZ003>005-010-011-015-016-031-270745-
NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
858 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD TURN STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEWITT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 12:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 26, 12:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 26, 3:40 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook38 min
May 26, 11:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook44 min
May 26, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook46 min
May 26, 1:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCARAroostook, Washington36 min
May 26, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook48 min
May 26, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook53 min
May 26, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Washington48 min
May 26, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook43 min
May 26, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington50 min
May 26, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook22 min
May 26, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington51 min
May 26, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington49 min
May 26, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington50 min
May 26, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Washington43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.