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Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Gray, ME

December 25, 20108 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm watch at Dec 25, 2010, 3:16 AM EST for 8 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2010, 3:16 AM EST (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 25, 2010, 3:01 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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 watch 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 watch went out at Dec 24, 9:59 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:59 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 8:03 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX7 hr
Dec 25, 2:42 AM ESTStorm WatchGYX25 hr
Dec 25, 3:01 PM ESTBlizzard WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more13 hr
Dec 25, 3:01 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset13 hr
Dec 25, 6:00 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementGYXCumberland, York10 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2010Winter Storm Watches in New Hampshire, 2010Every winter storm watch 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.