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Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Caribou, ME

November 16, 20185 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Nov 16, 2018, 3:33 AM EST for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Nov 16, 2018, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. 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 16, 2018, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2018, 5:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 17, 2018, 12:43 AM EST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

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

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 4:13 PM EST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 4:13 PM EST, 11 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 2:49 PM EST, 12 hours 44 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 16, 3:33 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	16 hr
Nov 16, 1:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis	116 min
Nov 16, 3:03 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		34 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2018 Every winter storm warning in 2018

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.