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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2019, 4:55 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 22, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2019, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2019, 4:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 days
- 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 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 21, 4:14 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 4:14 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 329 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2019 MEZ001>006-010-011-015-031-032-220730- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis-Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot- Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 329 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2019 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine, North Woods Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ016-017-029-030-220730- Interior Hancock-Central Washington-Coastal Hancock- Coastal Washington- 329 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine and Interior DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050>052-220730- 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- 329 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 21, 12:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 3 days |
| Apr 21, 4:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 21 days |
| Apr 21, 8:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 18 hr |
| Apr 21, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot | 24 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.