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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Caribou, ME

February 15, 20256 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2025, 2:58 AM EST for 6 counties in Maine. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 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
Feb 15, 2025, 2:58 AM EST (07:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2025, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Aroostook County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 15, 12:46 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 12:46 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 12:34 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR12 hr
Feb 15, 6:29 AM ESTGale WatchCAR10 hr
Feb 15, 4:53 PM ESTGale WarningCAR23 hr
Feb 15, 4:53 PM ESTStorm WatchCAR23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2025Every winter storm warning in 2025

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.