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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Caribou, ME

February 18, 2014Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 18, 2014, 4:03 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 18, 2014, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 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
Feb 18, 2014, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 19, 2014, 3:11 AM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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 Feb 18, 1:20 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 1:20 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 4:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR30 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014

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.