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Flood Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

April 11, 20175 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 11, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2017, 4:09 AM EDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity
None

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 Apr 11, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 10:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 6:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook6 hr
Apr 11, 12:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook6 hr
Apr 11, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook30 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2017Every flood watch in 2017

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.