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Flood Watch 3, NWS Caribou, ME

April 30, 20174 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 30, 2017, 5:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at May 1, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2017, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 2, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 10:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR10 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.