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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Caribou, ME

November 25, 2021Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm watch at Nov 25, 2021, 3:58 AM EST for Aroostook County, Piscataquis County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Nov 26, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2021, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 25, 2021, 4:21 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 watch 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 watch went out at Nov 25, 12:14 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 12:14 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:04 PM ESTGale WarningCAR6 hr
Nov 25, 4:21 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington12 hr
Nov 25, 4:21 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset47 hr
Nov 25, 4:44 PM ESTGale WatchCAR12 hr
Nov 25, 4:44 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR67 hr

Nearby

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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.