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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this blizzard warning at Dec 26, 2010, 3:40 AM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2010, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 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, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 26, 3:28 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:28 AM EST, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 38 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:07 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | GYX | Cumberland, York | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:11 AM EST | Storm Warning | GYX | 54 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:13 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 14 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Maine, 2010Blizzard Warnings in New Hampshire, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
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.