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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Gray, ME

January 11, 20205 counties in Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 3:34 AM EST for 5 counties in Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 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 11, 2020, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 12, 2020, 3:02 PM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Coos County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 97 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 10, 10:19 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 10:19 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:18 AM EST, 16 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 11, 3:20 AM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		33 hr
Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		51 hr
Jan 11, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more	33 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2020 Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2020 Every winter storm warning in 2020

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.