Alert archive / Maine / 2018

Weather alerts in Maine, May 2018

77 weather alerts in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 77
Warnings: 13
Watches: 5
Advisories: 31
Busiest day: May 23, 201813 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
May 1, 9:25 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	35 hr
May 1, 3:23 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	29 hr
May 2, 3:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		25 hr
May 2, 4:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		21 hr
May 2, 2:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	24 hr
May 3, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	52 min
May 3, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	47 min
May 3, 2:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	12 hr
May 4, 2:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Aroostook	4 days
May 4, 2:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		38 hr
May 4, 3:29 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		10 hr
May 4, 11:38 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		19 hr
May 4, 12:43 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	31 hr
May 4, 12:52 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	31 hr
May 4, 12:58 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	18 hr
May 4, 1:35 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington	24 hr
May 4, 1:38 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		20 hr
May 4, 7:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cumberland, Oxford, York	3 hr
May 4, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	29 min
May 4, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	50 min
May 5, 8:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Somerset	46 hr
May 5, 10:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		12 hr
May 7, 2:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	GYX		4 hr
May 7, 2:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	CAR		36 hr
May 7, 7:09 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	GYX		26 hr
May 8, 4:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York	4 hr
May 8, 7:25 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	6 hr
May 8, 7:55 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	13 hr
May 9, 5:50 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	3 hr
May 9, 3:10 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	17 hr
May 9, 6:36 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Washington	9 hr
May 10, 3:24 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		35 hr
May 10, 3:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		30 hr
May 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	GYX		12 hr
May 10, 3:34 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	CAR		12 hr
May 11, 3:08 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	GYX		17 hr
May 11, 3:11 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	28 hr
May 11, 3:20 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	CAR		17 hr
May 11, 3:30 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	27 hr
May 15, 3:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		18 hr
May 15, 1:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	York	2 hr
May 15, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	73 min
May 15, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	50 min
May 17, 7:40 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		14 hr
May 18, 3:34 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	27 hr
May 18, 3:34 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	27 hr
May 18, 4:28 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	27 hr
May 19, 2:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		43 hr
May 19, 2:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		28 hr
May 20, 3:40 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	GYX		11 hr
May 20, 4:06 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	CAR		11 hr
May 21, 6:23 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	14 hr
May 21, 6:36 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	13 hr
May 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	15 hr
May 23, 4:13 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot	27 hr
May 23, 10:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	33 min
May 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		62 min
May 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	47 min
May 23, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo	40 min
May 23, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Hancock	50 min
May 23, 1:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln and 3 more	3 hr
May 23, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	32 min
May 23, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Knox, Waldo	42 min
May 23, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CAR		84 min
May 23, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		51 min
May 23, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	26 min
May 23, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Knox	40 min
May 24, 3:34 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		40 hr
May 24, 3:51 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		48 hr
May 25, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Piscataquis	111 min
May 25, 3:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aroostook, Piscataquis	115 min
May 25, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Piscataquis	41 min
May 26, 1:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	York	3 hr
May 26, 3:26 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		39 hr
May 26, 7:06 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook	11 hr
May 31, 7:41 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	12 hr
May 31, 7:44 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	12 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	2
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Special Weather Statement	15
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	7
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	8
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	2
Gale Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	13
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	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. Rebuilt daily.