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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME

October 8, 2013Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Carroll County, Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this freeze warning at Oct 8, 2013, 3:04 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Carroll County, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Oct 9, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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: Oct 8, 2013, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 23 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 23 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:49 PM EDT, 21 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, York	57 min
Oct 7, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		53 min
Oct 7, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec, Waldo	56 min
Oct 8, 1:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		51 min
Oct 8, 2:35 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	GYX		7 hr
Oct 8, 9:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		6 hr
Oct 8, 3:04 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Somerset, York	18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Maine, 2013 Freeze Warnings in New Hampshire, 2013 Every freeze warning 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.