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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Caribou, ME

March 17, 2015Aroostook County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Mar 17, 2015, 4:01 AM EDT for Aroostook County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 17, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. 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: Mar 17, 2015, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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 Mar 17, 12:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 12:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 3:32 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 3:33 AM EDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	CAR		56 hr

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Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2015 Every winter storm warning in 2015

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.