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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME

February 11, 2017Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this blizzard watch at Feb 11, 2017, 2:04 AM EST for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 12, 2017, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2017, 2:04 AM EST (07:04 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2017, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 11, 2017, 3:43 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 blizzard 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 blizzard watch went out at Feb 11, 12:59 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:59 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 2:04 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARHancock12 hr
Feb 11, 3:43 PM ESTBlizzard WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington59 hr
Feb 11, 3:43 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington59 hr
Feb 11, 3:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Somerset56 hr
Feb 11, 4:14 PM ESTStorm WarningCAR57 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.