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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

April 14, 2020Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2020, 12:22 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 15, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2020, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2020, 5:04 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag (MATM1). The gauge peaked at 14.29 ft at Apr 16, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 13.5 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01030500, 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 14, 12:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 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 13, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	12 hr
Apr 13, 10:15 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		6 hr
Apr 13, 11:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	24 hr
Apr 14, 4:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		25 hr
Apr 14, 9:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Piscataquis	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2020 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.