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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Gray, ME

March 24, 201611 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this freezing rain advisory at Mar 24, 2016, 3:32 AM EDT for 11 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2016, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2016, 1:02 PM EDT
In force: 18 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, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Mar 23, 3:29 PM EDT, 12 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:29 PM EDT, 12 hours 3 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
Mar 24, 3:32 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	34 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Maine, 2016 Freezing Rain Advisories in New Hampshire, 2016 Every freezing rain advisory 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.