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Flood Watch 4, NWS Caribou, ME

April 25, 20186 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 25, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Maine. It took effect at Apr 26, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2018, 3:19 PM EDT
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 25, 11:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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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.