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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Gray, ME

March 3, 20196 counties in Maine; Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2019, 2:34 PM EST for 6 counties in Maine; Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Mar 3, 2019, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 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: Mar 3, 2019, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2019, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2019, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

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

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 3, 10:06 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:06 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 3:07 AM EST, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 9:34 AM EST, 5 hours 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
Mar 3, 3:18 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more	33 hr
Mar 3, 2:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		27 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2019 Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2019 Every winter storm warning 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.