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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Caribou, ME

December 17, 2013Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2013, 4:31 AM EST for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 17, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2013, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 18, 2013, 12:08 PM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 16, 11:28 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 11:28 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:10 AM EST, 21 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, 4:06 AM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		11 hr
Dec 17, 4:31 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	23 hr
Dec 17, 3:04 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.