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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

April 8, 2020Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind watch at Apr 8, 2020, 4:40 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 9, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2020, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2020, 4:08 PM EDT
In force
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 08:42 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 wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 8, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 3:12 AM EDTStorm WatchCAR13 hr
Apr 8, 3:15 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchCARWashington25 hr
Apr 8, 7:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook24 hr
Apr 8, 3:44 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington49 hr
Apr 8, 3:44 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington41 hr
Apr 8, 4:08 PM EDTWind AdvisoryCARHancock, Washington41 hr
Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDTGale WarningCAR46 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Maine, 2020Every high wind watch 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.