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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME

February 25, 20084 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2008, 3:59 PM EST for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Feb 26, 2008, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 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
Feb 25, 2008, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 27, 2008, 7:02 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 3:59 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington12 hr
Feb 25, 3:59 PM ESTHeavy Snow WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset45 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008

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.