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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME

January 6, 2022Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this blizzard warning at Jan 6, 2022, 6:19 PM EST for Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 7, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 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 6, 2022, 6:19 PM EST (23:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 7, 2022, 8:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

County Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 blizzard warning 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 blizzard warning went out at Jan 6, 3:51 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:51 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 9:03 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR18 hr
Jan 6, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARHancock, Washington40 hr
Jan 6, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington40 hr
Jan 6, 2:57 PM ESTGale WarningCAR40 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Maine, 2022Every blizzard warning in 2022

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.