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Gale Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

January 17, 2009

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Jan 17, 2009, 2:40 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2009, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 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: Jan 17, 2009, 2:40 PM EST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2009, 9:24 PM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, 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 this gale warning went out at Jan 17, 11:15 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 11:15 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 11:20 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 7:08 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		15 hr
Jan 17, 4:09 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	11 hr
Jan 17, 2:48 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	43 hr
Jan 17, 2:48 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Somerset	45 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Maine, 2009 Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.