Weather alerts in Maine
24,918 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 24,918
- Warnings
- 7,797
- Watches
- 2,177
- Advisories
- 9,127
- Busiest year
- 20181,380 alerts
- Average year
- 608over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Somerset County4,318
- Cumberland County3,772
- Aroostook County3,660
- York County3,644
- Oxford County3,561
- Penobscot County3,488
- Washington County3,100
- Piscataquis County3,091
- Franklin County2,963
- Hancock County2,769
- Kennebec County2,637
- Androscoggin County2,578
- Waldo County2,555
- Sagadahoc County2,296
- Lincoln County2,178
- Knox County1,935
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 1:44 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 21 hr | |
| Aug 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 20 min |
| Aug 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Oxford | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Piscataquis | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 48 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.