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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Caribou, ME

February 29, 2016Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm watch at Feb 29, 2016, 2:16 PM EST for Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 2, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 29, 2016, 2:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 1, 2016, 2:39 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

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

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 29, 1:58 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 1:58 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 29, 8:42 AM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
842 AM EST MON FEB 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     SNOW             1 ESE PRESQUE ISLE      46.68N  68.00W
02/29/2016  M1.4 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   PUBLIC

            NWS EMPLOYEE

0700 AM     SNOW             CARIBOU - WFO           46.87N  68.01W
02/29/2016  M1.0 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0700 AM     SNOW             5 NNW NEW SWEDEN        47.01N  68.14W
02/29/2016  M1.4 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0730 AM     SNOW             PRESQUE ISLE            46.68N  68.01W
02/29/2016  M1.1 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   PUBLIC

            NWS EMPLOYEE

0830 AM     SNOW             MADAWASKA               47.36N  68.32W
02/29/2016  M3.0 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   PUBLIC

            STILL SNOWING

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1600802
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600803
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600804
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600805
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600806

FMK

Local storm report, Feb 29, 9:52 AM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
952 AM EST MON FEB 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     SNOW             3 W STOCKHOLM           47.04N  68.20W
02/29/2016  M2.5 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   PUBLIC

0920 AM     SNOW             2 NE FORT FAIRFIELD     46.79N  67.80W
02/29/2016  M1.0 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

0952 AM     SNOW             3 SE GRAND ISLE         47.28N  68.11W
02/29/2016  M2.5 INCH        AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1600807
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600808
EVENT NUMBER CAR1600809

FMK

Local storm report, Feb 29, 1:18 PM EST, 58 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
Feb 29, 12:56 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		14 hr
Feb 29, 12:56 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		14 hr

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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.