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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Caribou, ME

July 28, 2015Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2015, 5:01 AM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 28, 2015, 5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2015, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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 09:02 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 Jul 28, 4:55 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 4:55 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 3:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 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 28, 4:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis	2 hr
Jul 28, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CAR		32 min
Jul 28, 6:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Washington	29 min
Jul 28, 7:17 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CAR		28 min
Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	28 min
Jul 28, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot	45 min

Nearby

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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.