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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Caribou, ME

December 17, 20125 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm watch at Dec 17, 2012, 4:39 AM EST for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Dec 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2012, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2012, 3:59 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 17, 4:30 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 4:30 AM EST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:24 AM EST, 15 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, 3:39 AM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		13 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

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

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.