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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

February 16, 2022Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind watch at Feb 16, 2022, 3:23 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 17, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2022, 3:23 AM EST (08:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 16, 2022, 3:27 PM EST
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 08:24 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 Feb 16, 1:08 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 1:08 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 3:43 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook12 hr
Feb 16, 3:27 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningCARHancock, Washington43 hr
Feb 16, 3:27 PM ESTStorm WarningCAR42 hr
Feb 16, 3:27 PM ESTWind AdvisoryCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington43 hr
Feb 16, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset43 hr
Feb 16, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset43 hr

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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.