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Gale Warning 14, NWS Caribou, ME

February 13, 2017

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Feb 13, 2017, 10:58 PM EST. It was in force for 109 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2017, 10:58 PM EST (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2017, 12:47 AM EST
In force: 109 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Feb 13, 8:16 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 8:16 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:13 PM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 13, 6:54 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 6:59 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
659 PM EST MON FEB 13 2017

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

0657 PM     SNOW             1 NW ROBBINSTON         45.09N  67.12W
02/13/2017  M27.8 INCH       WASHINGTON         ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1700787

RICHN

Local storm report, Feb 13, 7:43 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
743 PM EST MON FEB 13 2017

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

0653 PM     SNOW             BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AI 44.80N  68.82W
02/13/2017  M24.1 INCH       PENOBSCOT          ME   ASOS

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0740 PM     SNOW             SOUTH AMITY             45.93N  67.85W
02/13/2017  M17.0 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1700788
EVENT NUMBER CAR1700789

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 9:49 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
949 PM EST MON FEB 13 2017

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

0754 PM     SNOW             SHERMAN                 45.87N  68.42W
02/13/2017  E31.5 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   PUBLIC

0949 PM     SNOW             7 SSE SPRINGFIELD       45.31N  68.07W
02/13/2017  M24.5 INCH       PENOBSCOT          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1700790
EVENT NUMBER CAR1700791

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:06 PM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1006 PM EST MON FEB 13 2017

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

1002 PM     SNOW             3 N DEER ISLE           44.27N  68.67W
02/13/2017  E22.0 INCH       HANCOCK            ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

1005 PM     SNOW             1 SW VEAZIE             44.83N  68.72W
02/13/2017  M26.2 INCH       PENOBSCOT          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER CAR1700792
EVENT NUMBER CAR1700793

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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 14, 12:47 AM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		3 hr
Feb 14, 12:47 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		13 hr
Feb 14, 3:33 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	23 hr
Feb 14, 2:08 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		58 hr
Feb 14, 2:08 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		4 days
Feb 14, 2:46 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	44 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Maine, 2017 Every gale warning in 2017

Sources

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