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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this blizzard warning at Feb 22, 2026, 12:54 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 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 22, 2026, 12:54 PM EST (17:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2026, 12:10 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 Feb 22, 7:09 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 7:09 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 46 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:04 AM EST | Storm Warning | CAR | 47 hr | |
| Feb 22, 12:54 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 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.