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Gale Watch 10, NWS Caribou, ME

December 17, 2012

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale watch at Dec 17, 2012, 3:39 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2012, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2012, 4:12 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Dec 17, 12:57 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 12:57 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 4:56 PM EST, 10 hours 43 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 17, 4:39 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	11 hr
Dec 17, 3:59 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset	48 hr
Dec 17, 3:59 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	51 hr
Dec 17, 4:12 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		35 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.