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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME

January 8, 2016Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind watch at Jan 8, 2016, 2:52 PM EST for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 10, 2016, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2016, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2016, 3:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 9, 2016, 3:58 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

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 19:50 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 wind 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 8, 12:04 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 12:04 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 2:46 PM ESTStorm WatchCAR13 hr
Jan 8, 3:02 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington46 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Maine, 2016Every high wind 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.