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Gale Warning 5, NWS Gray, ME

January 12, 2018

NWS Gray, ME issued this gale warning at Jan 12, 2018, 3:51 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 12, 2018, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 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: Jan 12, 2018, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2018, 9:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2018, 2:47 PM EST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 12, 3:45 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:45 AM EST, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:18 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 10:30 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:51 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		51 hr
Jan 12, 4:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	33 hr
Jan 12, 7:59 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	21 hr
Jan 12, 1:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 12, 5:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	18 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Maine, 2018 Every gale warning in 2018

Sources

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