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Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Caribou, ME

November 15, 2018Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Nov 15, 2018, 2:47 PM EST for Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Maine. It took effect at Nov 16, 2018, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 93 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: Nov 15, 2018, 2:47 PM EST (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2018, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 16, 2018, 3:33 AM EST
In force: 93 min
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 15, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 3:36 AM EST, 11 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 10:08 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		5 hr
Nov 15, 3:34 AM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		35 hr
Nov 15, 2:47 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	34 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.