Alert archive / Maine / 2012
Weather alerts in Maine, January 2012
83 weather alerts in January 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 January 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 83
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 58
- Busiest day
- January 14, 20128 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, 8:32 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | York | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:20 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 40 hr | |
| Jan 1, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 40 hr | |
| Jan 1, 4:31 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 38 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 18 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:04 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 34 hr | |
| Jan 2, 7:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 38 hr | |
| Jan 2, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 85 min |
| Jan 3, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 18 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:02 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 17 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:31 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 3 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:45 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Jan 5, 11:14 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 122 days | |
| Jan 10, 3:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 31 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:38 PM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 16 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:08 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 14 hr | |
| Jan 11, 5:34 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 3 days | |
| Jan 11, 6:15 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 72 hr | |
| Jan 11, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 56 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 28 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:19 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 5 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:19 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:14 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:19 AM EST | Storm Warning | GYX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 53 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:41 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 46 hr | |
| Jan 14, 6:21 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 3 hr | |
| Jan 14, 6:21 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 45 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:29 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 19 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:29 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 19 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 15 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 26 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 32 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:00 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 33 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo | 28 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 26 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:52 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:41 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 40 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:15 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:22 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 5:35 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 3 hr | |
| Jan 18, 8:32 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 9 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:03 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 6 hr | |
| Jan 19, 4:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:32 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 28 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:03 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 37 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 26 hr | |
| Jan 21, 8:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 22 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 13 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 20 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:03 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 70 hr | |
| Jan 23, 8:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 59 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 57 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:10 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 32 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:10 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 27 hr | |
| Jan 27, 4:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:18 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 17 hr | |
| Jan 28, 7:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 5 hr | |
| Jan 28, 12:43 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 62 hr | |
| Jan 28, 2:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 60 hr | |
| Jan 29, 11:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 5 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 28 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 | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 19 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 11 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 26 |
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.