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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Caribou, ME

April 27, 2019Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2019, 11:32 PM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 28, 2019, 7:23 AM EDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2019, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2019, 7:23 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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 river

Written for the forecast point Fish River at Fort Kent (FIHM1). The gauge peaked at 11.22 ft at Apr 28, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
10.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01013500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 4:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot11 hr
Apr 28, 4:56 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasCAR15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2019Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.