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Gale Warning 7, NWS Caribou, ME

January 31, 2026

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Jan 31, 2026, 12:42 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2026, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 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 31, 2026, 12:42 AM EST (05:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 2, 2026, 5:25 AM EST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 30, 8:13 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 8:13 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 8:01 PM EST, 4 hours 41 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
Jan 30, 7:59 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CAR	Piscataquis, Somerset	11 hr
Jan 31, 1:00 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	CAR		24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Maine, 2026 Every gale warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.