Alert archive / Maine / 2018

Weather alerts in Maine, December 2018

87 weather alerts in December 2018, 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 December 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 87
Warnings: 14
Watches: 9
Advisories: 57
Busiest day: December 22, 201814 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 1, 2:39 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more	35 hr
Dec 1, 3:20 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		4 days
Dec 1, 3:35 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	45 hr
Dec 1, 2:53 PM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		12 hr
Dec 1, 2:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		3 days
Dec 1, 7:18 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		27 hr
Dec 2, 2:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	42 min
Dec 2, 3:30 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	20 hr
Dec 2, 7:37 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	17 hr
Dec 6, 2:59 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		27 hr
Dec 6, 4:13 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		39 hr
Dec 7, 2:42 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		24 hr
Dec 7, 3:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	90 min
Dec 8, 6:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		8 hr
Dec 8, 6:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		11 hr
Dec 9, 2:35 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		26 hr
Dec 9, 2:54 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		13 hr
Dec 11, 3:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		32 hr
Dec 11, 3:13 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		40 hr
Dec 14, 3:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		27 hr
Dec 14, 4:31 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		29 hr
Dec 15, 3:11 PM EST	Gale Watch	GYX		24 hr
Dec 15, 3:11 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		24 hr
Dec 16, 3:10 AM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		11 hr
Dec 16, 3:10 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		11 hr
Dec 16, 2:24 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		63 hr
Dec 16, 2:58 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	36 hr
Dec 16, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 3 more	24 hr
Dec 16, 3:21 PM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		54 hr
Dec 16, 9:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cumberland, York	4 hr
Dec 16, 9:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cumberland, York	4 hr
Dec 17, 2:03 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
Dec 18, 3:04 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	12 hr
Dec 18, 2:46 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		13 hr
Dec 19, 3:15 PM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		12 hr
Dec 19, 3:43 PM EST	Gale Watch	GYX		11 hr
Dec 19, 3:50 PM EST	Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	65 hr
Dec 20, 2:37 AM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		46 hr
Dec 20, 2:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more	31 hr
Dec 20, 3:08 AM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		48 hr
Dec 20, 3:08 AM EST	High Wind Watch	CAR	Hancock, Washington	12 hr
Dec 20, 3:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	32 hr
Dec 20, 3:09 AM EST	Flood Watch	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	60 hr
Dec 20, 3:08 PM EST	High Wind Warning	CAR	Hancock, Washington	36 hr
Dec 20, 3:08 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	36 hr
Dec 20, 3:28 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	32 hr
Dec 20, 3:42 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	44 hr
Dec 21, 10:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc, York	55 min
Dec 21, 2:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
Dec 21, 3:21 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	21 hr
Dec 21, 5:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
Dec 21, 6:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	11 hr
Dec 21, 7:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	3 hr
Dec 21, 7:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset	6 hr
Dec 21, 8:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	6 hr
Dec 21, 10:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	5 hr
Dec 22, 12:42 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		35 hr
Dec 22, 3:15 AM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		23 hr
Dec 22, 3:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		44 hr
Dec 22, 5:26 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	4 hr
Dec 22, 2:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	3 hr
Dec 22, 3:36 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	20 hr
Dec 22, 5:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Somerset	5 hr
Dec 22, 5:40 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	GYX	York	5 hr
Dec 22, 5:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	3 hr
Dec 23, 3:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	3 hr
Dec 23, 6:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	19 hr
Dec 24, 1:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	12 hr
Dec 24, 11:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	12 hr
Dec 25, 11:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	70 hr
Dec 25, 2:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		46 hr
Dec 25, 3:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		36 hr
Dec 27, 2:50 AM EST	Gale Watch	GYX		12 hr
Dec 27, 3:19 AM EST	Gale Watch	CAR		12 hr
Dec 27, 3:23 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	43 hr
Dec 27, 3:30 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more	42 hr
Dec 27, 3:09 PM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		28 hr
Dec 27, 3:09 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		28 hr
Dec 27, 3:18 PM EST	Gale Warning	CAR		29 hr
Dec 27, 3:18 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		65 hr
Dec 28, 5:29 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAR	Penobscot	10 hr
Dec 28, 3:01 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more	16 hr
Dec 28, 3:41 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	17 hr
Dec 28, 5:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	24 hr
Dec 28, 6:47 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		5 hr
Dec 29, 3:04 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		24 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	3
Special Weather Statement	2
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	14
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
Coastal Flood Statement	2
Marine
Gale Warning	9
Gale Watch	6
Small Craft Advisory	24

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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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.