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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Caribou, ME

July 4, 2020Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2020, 4:17 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Maine. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2020, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2020, 4:41 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 1:17 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:17 PM EDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:01 AM EDT, 13 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:25 PM EDT, 52 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
Jul 4, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	50 min
Jul 4, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm 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.