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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Caribou, ME

March 19, 20085 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2008, 4:14 AM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 19, 2008, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 8:13 PM EDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 4:14 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington28 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.