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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME

December 14, 20164 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind chill watch at Dec 14, 2016, 4:34 AM EST for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2016, 4:34 AM EST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 14, 2016, 3:38 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill watch 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 wind chill watch went out at Dec 14, 4:26 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 4:26 AM EST, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 3:00 AM ESTGale WatchCAR12 hr
Dec 14, 11:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCARAroostook56 min
Dec 14, 2:52 PM ESTStorm WatchCAR12 hr
Dec 14, 3:38 PM ESTWind Chill WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset48 hr
Dec 14, 3:38 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington48 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Watches in Maine, 2016Every wind chill watch in 2016

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.