Alert archive / Maine / 2012
Weather alerts in Maine, August 2012
87 weather alerts in August 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest day
- August 3, 201212 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 2, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 52 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Aug 5, 3:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 27 hr | |
| Aug 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 3:12 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Aug 6, 6:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | GYX | 4 hr | |
| Aug 9, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 80 min |
| Aug 9, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 12:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 96 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 9 hr | |
| Aug 12, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec | 114 min |
| Aug 12, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 8:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 115 min |
| Aug 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, Waldo | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Piscataquis, Somerset | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec, Sagadahoc | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 7:32 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more | 88 min |
| Aug 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Piscataquis | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 17 hr | |
| Aug 28, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Lincoln | 19 min |
| Aug 28, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sagadahoc | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CAR | 52 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CAR | 43 min | |
| Aug 31, 3:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CAR | 21 hr | |
| Aug 31, 4:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 18 hr | |
| Aug 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aroostook, Franklin, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 49 min |
| Aug 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 92 min |
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 | 22 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 16 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
| 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.