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Flood Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME

January 10, 2016Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Jan 10, 2016, 10:45 AM EST for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 10, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2016, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 11, 2016, 3:43 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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 Jan 10, 8:43 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 8:43 AM EST, 2 hours 2 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
Jan 10, 6:54 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	7 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2016 Every flood watch in 2016

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.