Alert archive / Maine / 2020
Weather alerts in Maine, January 2020
75 weather alerts in January 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 75
- Warnings
- 20
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest day
- January 11, 20208 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:22 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:15 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 37 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 24 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:30 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 5, 4:21 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:42 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:00 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:13 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 55 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:25 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 8, 2:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 35 hr | |
| Jan 8, 4:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 36 min |
| Jan 8, 5:13 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | GYX | York | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 5:56 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | GYX | York | 64 min |
| Jan 8, 6:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 11:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 4 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:01 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:02 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:02 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 25 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:02 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 25 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:17 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:07 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 49 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:18 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 33 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 51 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:34 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo | 35 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:34 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 22 hr | |
| Jan 11, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 56 hr | |
| Jan 11, 4:07 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 30 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 35 hr |
| Jan 13, 6:33 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 3 hr | |
| Jan 13, 3:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:06 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 65 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:06 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:33 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 2:49 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | GYX | 63 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:19 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 53 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:19 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | CAR | 66 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 37 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:21 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:55 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 7:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 11 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 45 hr |
| Jan 18, 7:06 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 68 hr | |
| Jan 18, 9:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 53 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 25 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec | 7 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:23 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 23 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:27 AM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 51 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:39 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 30 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 61 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:43 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:06 AM EST | Flood Watch | GYX | Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 115 min |
| Jan 26, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 28, 4:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 40 hr | |
| Jan 29, 2:54 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 28 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:16 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | CAR | 17 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 | |
| Special Weather Statement | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Snow Squall Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 11 |
| Gale Watch | 7 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 21 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.