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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 2023, 1:48 PM EST for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 6 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
- Dec 18, 2023, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2023, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Dec 18, 1:35 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 1:35 PM EST, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 MEZ005-006-010-031-191530- Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook-Central Piscataquis- Southern Piscataquis- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine and Far Eastern Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ011-015>017-032-191530- Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock- Central Washington-Northern Washington- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Far Eastern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ001>004-191530- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Far Northern Maine and North Woods Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ029-030-191530- Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. Coastal Flood Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050-051-191530- Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Hurricane Force Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ052-191530- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME- 1026 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 18, 12:27 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 10:24 AM EST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | CAR | 9 hr | |
| Dec 18, 10:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 34 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 42 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 55 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 78 min |
| Dec 18, 2:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:58 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 10 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.