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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 18, 2009, 4:09 AM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 7 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 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 18, 2009, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2009, 6:57 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Feb 18, 3:52 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 3:52 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:13 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 33 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2009Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.