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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Gray, ME

October 16, 20196 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this high wind watch at Oct 16, 2019, 3:40 AM EDT for 6 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Oct 16, 2019, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2019, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2019, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2019, 3:09 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 3:09 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York17 hr
Oct 16, 3:09 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo and 1 more18 hr
Oct 16, 3:10 PM EDTStorm WarningGYX18 hr
Oct 16, 3:09 PM EDTFlood WatchGYXCheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan17 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Maine, 2019High Wind Watches in New Hampshire, 2019Every high wind watch in 2019

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.