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Hurricane Force Wind Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME

December 18, 2023

NWS Caribou, ME issued this hurricane force wind warning at Dec 18, 2023, 10:24 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2023, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 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, 10:24 AM EST (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2023, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 18, 2023, 7:40 PM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane force wind 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 hurricane force wind warning went out at Dec 18, 9:38 AM EST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 9:38 AM EST, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:37 AM EST, 6 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 18, 8:04 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Caribou ME
804 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0803 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 SE Deblois            44.72N 67.98W
12/18/2023                   Washington         ME   Public

            193 northbound by the Wymans camps. Wire
            across road.

&&

Local storm report, Dec 18, 10:19 AM EST, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1019 AM EST Mon Dec 18 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1018 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NW Ellsworth          44.55N 68.43W
12/18/2023                   Hancock            ME   Public

            Tree down across Pond Ave.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 1:48 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CAR	Penobscot, Piscataquis	6 hr
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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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.