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Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 31, 2019, 5:49 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Oct 31, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2019, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Oct 31, 5:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 3:07 PM EDT, 14 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 307 PM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019 MEZ001>006-010-011-015-031-032-311915- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis-Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot- Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 307 PM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine, North Woods Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... Locally heavy rainfall is expected Thursday evening and Friday with rainfall amounts between 1 to 2 inches. This may lead to minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. A cold front moves across the area Friday morning with southwest winds gusting to near 40 mph during the afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ016-017-029-030-311915- Interior Hancock-Central Washington-Coastal Hancock- Coastal Washington- 307 PM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine and Interior DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050>052-311915- Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME- 307 PM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 5:36 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 36 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:36 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 10 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:16 PM EDT | Storm Warning | CAR | 21 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Maine, 2019Every coastal flood statement in 2019
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.