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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this blizzard watch at Feb 12, 2015, 3:57 PM EST for 9 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2015, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 3:36 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Feb 12, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:35 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 33 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:35 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 33 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:35 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | GYX | 36 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:27 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:27 PM EST | Storm Watch | GYX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset, York | 24 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Watches in Maine, 2015Blizzard Watches in New Hampshire, 2015Every blizzard watch 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.