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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Gray, ME

January 15, 20166 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm watch at Jan 15, 2016, 3:41 AM EST for 6 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2016, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 15, 2016, 3:24 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 14, 10:59 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 10:59 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 3:22 AM EST, 19 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 14, 9:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		3 hr
Jan 15, 3:19 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		48 hr
Jan 15, 3:24 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	22 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in New Hampshire, 2016 Every winter storm 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.