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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Caribou, ME

February 24, 2021Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 24, 2021, 3:28 PM EST for Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 24, 2021, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2021, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 25, 2021, 6:53 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:40 AM EST, 11 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 3:24 AM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		43 hr
Feb 24, 3:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		55 hr
Feb 24, 3:37 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Piscataquis, Somerset	12 hr
Feb 24, 3:19 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAR	Piscataquis, Somerset	16 hr

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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.