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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Caribou, ME

September 23, 2020Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high surf advisory at Sep 23, 2020, 5:44 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Sep 23, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2020, 5:44 AM EDT (09:44 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2020, 3:04 PM EDT
In force: 9 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 09:44 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 22, 6:02 PM EDT, 11 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:02 PM EDT, 11 hours 42 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
Sep 23, 5:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		11 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Maine, 2020 Every high surf advisory in 2020

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.