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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME

December 21, 2013Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 21, 2013, 3:50 AM EST for Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 48 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 21, 2013, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2013, 3:23 AM EST
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Coos County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 20, 11:39 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 11:39 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 3:43 AM ESTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasGYX24 hr
Dec 21, 3:50 AM ESTIce Storm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more63 hr
Dec 21, 3:50 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York63 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2013Every winter storm 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.