Alert archive / Maine / 2008
Weather alerts in Maine, January 2008
54 weather alerts in January 2008, 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 in January 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 54
- Warnings
- 8
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest day
- January 11, 20085 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:54 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 30 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:54 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Somerset | 30 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:54 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Penobscot | 2 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:05 AM EST | Blowing Snow Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:27 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:17 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 13 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 17 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:33 AM EST | Flood Watch | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 37 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 31 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Somerset and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:25 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | CAR | 4 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:03 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aroostook, Franklin, Piscataquis, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:27 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | CAR | 93 min | |
| Jan 12, 4:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 29 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:00 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 37 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:41 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:41 PM EST | Snow Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 31 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:40 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis | 23 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Penobscot, Sagadahoc and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln, Penobscot and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:22 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Waldo, York | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:38 PM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 23 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | York | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 7:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:22 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 41 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 20 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:19 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:50 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 23 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Washington | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:20 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 101 min |
| Jan 29, 3:33 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 21 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:36 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:39 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:11 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 8 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 25 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 25 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Blowing Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 3 |
| Snow Advisory | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Marine Weather Statement | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.