Alert archive / Maine / Blizzard Watches in 2017
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Caribou, ME
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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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:43 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 59 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 59 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Somerset | 56 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:14 PM EST | Storm Warning | CAR | 57 hr |
Nearby
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.