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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Gray, ME

December 15, 20126 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm watch at Dec 15, 2012, 3:28 AM EST for 6 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2012, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 16, 2012, 4:06 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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 15, 12:14 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 12:14 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2012 Winter Storm Watches in New Hampshire, 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.