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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Gray, ME

December 18, 2008York County, Maine; 7 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2008, 3:00 PM EST for York County, Maine; 7 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 3:38 AM EST. It was in force for 21 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, 2008, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2008, 3:38 AM EST
Expired: Dec 20, 2008, 12:40 AM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 9:06 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 9:06 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:41 AM EST, 11 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 3:37 AM EST	Gale Watch	GYX		11 hr
Dec 18, 3:41 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GYX	York	11 hr
Dec 18, 2:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		61 hr
Dec 18, 3:00 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	York	13 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008 Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2008 Every 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.