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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Caribou, ME

January 22, 20174 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm watch at Jan 22, 2017, 3:34 PM EST for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2017, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 23, 2017, 3:15 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 22, 11:08 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 11:08 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 2:58 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 22, 2:39 AM EST	Gale Warning	CAR	58 hr
Jan 22, 3:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR	32 hr
Jan 22, 3:00 PM EST	Storm Warning	CAR	46 hr

Nearby

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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.