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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Caribou, ME

July 28, 2015Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2015, 6:46 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 29 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, 6:46 AM EDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2015, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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 10:49 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, 6:15 AM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:15 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis2 hr
Jul 28, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington44 min
Jul 28, 6:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR32 min
Jul 28, 7:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCAR28 min
Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot28 min
Jul 28, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot45 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.