Alert archive / Maine / 2023
Weather alerts in Maine, February 2023
98 weather alerts in February 2023, 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 February 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20239 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:42 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:15 AM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:04 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 3 days | |
| Feb 1, 3:04 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 21 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:49 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 3 days | |
| Feb 1, 3:49 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Watch | CAR | 11 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:35 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | CAR | 61 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 60 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 63 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:32 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | GYX | 60 hr | |
| Feb 2, 12:24 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 55 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 116 min |
| Feb 3, 12:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 60 min |
| Feb 3, 1:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 60 min |
| Feb 3, 1:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis | 93 min |
| Feb 3, 2:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec | 63 min |
| Feb 3, 3:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 57 min |
| Feb 4, 7:02 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 8 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:54 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:20 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 25 hr | |
| Feb 4, 3:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 40 hr | |
| Feb 4, 3:23 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | GYX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 4, 7:10 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 19 hr | |
| Feb 4, 7:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:32 PM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 16 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:08 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 6, 6:45 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 6:48 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 22 hr | |
| Feb 6, 6:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 65 hr | |
| Feb 7, 7:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 42 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 7, 9:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 60 min |
| Feb 8, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 47 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 36 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:39 AM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 8 hr | |
| Feb 9, 2:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 61 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:07 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 42 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 60 hr | |
| Feb 9, 10:24 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 32 hr | |
| Feb 9, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 26 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 10, 7:50 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:06 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 19 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 19 hr | |
| Feb 12, 10:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 7 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:16 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 52 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 46 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Feb 14, 11:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 36 hr | |
| Feb 15, 3:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 28 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 41 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:53 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 37 hr | |
| Feb 16, 1:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 61 hr | |
| Feb 16, 2:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 30 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:54 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 39 hr | |
| Feb 16, 2:54 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 61 hr | |
| Feb 17, 9:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 35 min |
| Feb 19, 2:56 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 37 hr | |
| Feb 19, 4:10 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 36 hr | |
| Feb 20, 4:12 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 20, 7:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:31 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:34 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | Cumberland, York | 9 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Penobscot | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:10 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 40 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:50 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Somerset, York | 30 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:54 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 39 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:09 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 16 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:19 AM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 16 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:01 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | GYX | 40 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:46 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | CAR | 42 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Washington | 18 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 18 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:58 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 7:01 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 26 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:30 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 24, 8:58 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 42 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 42 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:10 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 4 days | |
| Feb 27, 2:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 42 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:51 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 30 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:41 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 27 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:41 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 48 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 | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 14 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 2 |
| Gale Watch | 7 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Watch | 2 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 29 |
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.