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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

January 29, 201511 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2015, 3:52 AM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 30, 2015, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 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: Jan 29, 2015, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 33 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, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 Jan 28, 11:51 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 11:51 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 3:27 AM EST, 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 3:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	York	48 hr
Jan 29, 2:19 PM EST	Gale Watch	GYX		13 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2015 Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 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.