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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Gray, ME

April 16, 20116 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind watch at Apr 16, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT for 6 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 3:57 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 15, 8:30 PM EDT, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 8:30 PM EDT, 7 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 3:23 AM EDTStorm WarningGYX33 hr
Apr 16, 3:40 AM EDTWind AdvisoryGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more32 hr
Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningGYXCumberland, York10 hr
Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryGYXKnox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo10 hr
Apr 16, 6:07 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York18 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Maine, 2011High Wind Watches in New Hampshire, 2011Every high wind watch in 2011

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.