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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Caribou, ME

April 12, 2020Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind watch at Apr 12, 2020, 3:49 AM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 13, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2020, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2020, 2:47 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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 12, 1:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 3:09 PM EDT, 12 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 12:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 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
Apr 12, 3:43 AM EDT	Storm Watch	CAR		11 hr
Apr 12, 2:43 PM EDT	Storm Warning	CAR		32 hr
Apr 12, 2:47 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CAR	Hancock, Washington	33 hr
Apr 12, 2:47 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	33 hr
Apr 12, 2:52 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset	69 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Maine, 2020 Every 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.