during the early morning hours of the 16th causing flooding. The river crested around a half foot above flood stage.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
An ice jam developed on the Saint John River...near Dickey...during the early morning hours of the 16th causing flooding. The river crested around a half foot above flood stage. The flooding caused a closure of the Big Rapids Road for several hours. The ice jam released and moved downriver later in the morning allowing river levels to fall. Another ice jam during the morning of the 17th caused the river to hover around flood stage into the early afternoon before also releasing and allowing river levels to drop.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 16, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 330 AM EDT THU APR 16 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WARM ADVECTION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT COASTAL DOWN EAST WHERE A SEA BREEZE AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES BEING RECORDED TOWARDS MIDDAY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD REACH AS FAR AS BANGOR BY MID AFTERNOON AND WILL EXTEND WELL INTO INTERIOR HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT ANOTHER SUNNY AND DRY EARLY SPRING DAY WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGHS IN THE 50S. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT FALL TOO MUCH TONIGHT WITH AN TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT PRODUCING STEADY SW WINDS OVERNIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATER IN THE NIGHT. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CDFNT WL BE DROPPING OUT OF CANADA AT THE START OF THE SHORT TERM. HV BUMPED POPS TO CHC FOR ENTIRE CWA FRI MRNG BUT LEAD WV WL PULL EAST INTO MARITIMES BY 18Z, LVG JUST SCTD SHOWERS ALONG FRONT ACRS NRN ZONES DRG THE MID-LATE AFTN HRS. MAX TEMPS FOR FRI WL BE IN THE U50S OVR INTERIOR DOWNEAST ZONES WITH EARLY HIGHS IN THE U50S OVR NRN ZONES THEN DROPPING AS FROPA OCCURS. NEXT SYSTEM WL MV INTO MAINE SAT MRNG AS 5H VORT MAX DROPS THRU SRN QUEBEC. EXPECT SHOWERS TO MV INTO WRN ZONES DRG THE MRNG HRS THEN SPREAD EAST THRU THE DAY WITH MOST LOCALES LKLY RECEIVING MEASURABLE PCPN ON SATURDAY. THUS HV BUMPED POPS TO LIKELY FOR A TIME ON SAT AFTN. SAT NGT WV WL PULL EAST BRINGING PCPN TO AN END POSSIBLY AS SNOW SHOWERS ACRS NRN ZONES WITH A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH SNOW ACCUMS ACRS THE CROWN BFR WINDING DOWN BY 06Z SUN. HV LEFT SLGT CHC POPS ACRS EXTRM NRN AROOSTOOK CNTY FOR SUNDAY AS WK H5 WV DROPS SOUTH IN NW FLOW, THO CONFIDENCE IS VRY LOW ANY PCPN WL OCCUR. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LONG TERM WL FEATURE UNSETTLED WX AS H5 LOW DROPS THRU CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AND CLOSES OFF OVR UPR MIDWEST EARLY IN THE WEEK. AT THE SFC, THIS WL RESULT IN LOPRES ACRS ONTARIO/QUEBEC WITH EXTENSIVE SRLY FLOW COMING IN FM THE ATLANTIC THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THUS WL ADVERTISE CHC/LKLY POPS EACH PD THRU END OF LONG TERM. && .AVIATION /07Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... NEAR TERM: VFR. SHORT TERM: MVFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE ON FRI IN -SHRA. MORE RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AS WAVE DROPS IN SATURDAY POSSIBLY ENDING AS -SN ACRS NORTHERN TERMINALS LATE SAT NGT. VFR EXPECTED THROUGH REMAINDER OF PERIOD. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW GUSTS TO REACH UP TO 25 KTS...BUT WITH STABLE CONDITIONS...DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR AN ADVISORY. SHORT TERM: SCA MAY BE NEEDED FRI MRNG INTO FRI EVNG AS SEAS RANGE FROM 4-6FT AND WINDS GUST NEAR AND POSSIBLY OVER 25KTS DURING THIS PERIOD. NO ADVISORIES ANTICIPATED BEYOND FRIDAY NIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN PLACE ON THE AROOSTOOK RIVER BETWEEN CARIBOU AND FORT FAIRFIELD WHICH IS CAUSING FLOODING. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES THE CARIBOU...FORT FAIRFIELD AND PRESQUE ISLE AREAS. RIVERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS ARE OPENING UP. MUCH OF THE LOWER PENOBSCOT RIVER IS ACTUALLY ICE FREE. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE RIVERS ACROSS THE NORTH REMAIN MOSTLY FROZEN, ALTHOUGH THE ICE IS BEGINNING TO SOFTEN AND SOME NARROW OPENINGS CAN BE SEEN IN RESPONSE TO RISING WATER LEVELS. ALL GAGES SHOWING RISES WITH ICE MOVEMENT. RISES ON THE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE. SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF ICE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS STILL EXISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...MCW SHORT TERM...FARRAR LONG TERM...FARRAR AVIATION...MCW/FARRAR MARINE...MCW/FARRAR HYDROLOGY...MCW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 330 AM EDT THU APR 16 2015 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-170730- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 330 AM EDT THU APR 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RISES ON THE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE. SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF ICE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS STILL EXISTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ050>052-170730- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM- INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME- 330 AM EDT THU APR 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An ice jam on the Saint John River near Dickey closed portions of Big Rapids Road.
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