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Flood Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

January 21, 20184 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Jan 21, 2018, 2:19 PM EST for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Jan 23, 2018, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2018, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2018, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 24, 2018, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 21, 2:04 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:04 PM EST, 15 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 21, 2:14 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAR	Aroostook	13 hr
Jan 21, 2:20 PM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		13 hr

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.