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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Caribou, ME

December 28, 2009Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 28, 2009, 4:19 AM EST for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 28, 2009, 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: Dec 28, 2009, 4:19 AM EST (09:19 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

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

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 28, 4:12 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 4:12 AM EST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 10:05 PM EST, 6 hours 14 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
Dec 27, 9:46 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		17 hr
Dec 28, 3:48 AM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		11 hr
Dec 28, 4:19 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	27 hr
Dec 28, 3:05 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		48 hr

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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.