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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME

May 28, 2022Aroostook County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2022, 3:19 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2022, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2022, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Aroostook County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 28, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 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
May 28, 2:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis	4 hr
May 28, 5:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	66 min
May 28, 9:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	4 hr
May 28, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		39 min
May 28, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	47 min

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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.