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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Gray, ME

January 15, 2021Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm watch at Jan 15, 2021, 3:18 AM EST for Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2021, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 15, 2021, 4:20 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 15, 3:03 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:03 AM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 3:17 AM EST, 1 minute 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 15, 3:14 AM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		37 hr
Jan 15, 6:49 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	36 hr
Jan 15, 4:00 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	24 hr
Jan 15, 4:04 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, York	11 hr
Jan 15, 4:20 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	35 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.