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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Caribou, ME

December 17, 2013Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 17, 2013, 4:31 AM EST for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 17, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

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, 3:50 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 81 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 4:06 AM ESTGale WatchCAR11 hr
Dec 17, 4:31 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington32 hr
Dec 17, 3:04 PM ESTGale WarningCAR24 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Maine, 2013Every winter weather advisory in 2013

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.