Alert archive / Maine / 2009
Weather alerts in Maine, August 2009
88 weather alerts in August 2009, 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 August 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 49
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest day
- August 21, 200933 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 54 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 64 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 118 min |
| Aug 5, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 55 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 63 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 54 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 54 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:32 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 96 min | |
| Aug 11, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 67 min | |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:17 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | Cumberland, York | 11 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 47 hr | |
| Aug 20, 4:05 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 47 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:21 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 60 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 47 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Somerset | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln and 7 more | 80 min |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset and 1 more | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 62 min | |
| Aug 21, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 4:22 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 35 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 19 hr | |
| Aug 22, 3:14 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 36 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:36 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 27 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Aug 23, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 81 min |
| Aug 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | York | 93 min |
| Aug 27, 3:36 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 27 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 47 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 33 hr | |
| Aug 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 33 hr | |
| Aug 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 39 hr | |
| Aug 29, 8:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:25 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:55 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAR | Washington | 115 min |
| Aug 30, 1:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 28 hr | |
| Aug 30, 7:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 31, 2:53 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 16 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:47 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 16 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 | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 9 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 4 |
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. Rebuilt daily.