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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Gray, ME

February 12, 201411 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2014, 3:14 PM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 28 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 12, 2014, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 14, 2014, 10:42 AM EST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 Feb 12, 11:30 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 11:30 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 4:16 AM ESTGale WarningGYX47 hr
Feb 12, 3:14 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGYXRockingham11 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 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.