Special Weather Statement, NWS Caribou, ME

Issued

Mar 17, 2026, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 2026, 6:15 AM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Caribou, ME

Hail

0.00 in

Wind

55

County Piscataquis County, ME

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 16, 6:26 PM EDT, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.