Alert archive / Maine / 2023
Weather alerts in Maine, March 2023
104 weather alerts in March 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest day
- March 13, 202311 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 31 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 43 hr | |
| Mar 2, 4:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 32 hr | |
| Mar 2, 10:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Washington | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:37 PM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 2, 6:45 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:11 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 41 hr | |
| Mar 3, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:44 AM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 37 hr | |
| Mar 3, 12:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 27 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 30 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 30 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:42 PM EST | Storm Warning | GYX | 25 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc | 49 min |
| Mar 4, 5:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 1 more | 66 min |
| Mar 4, 6:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 6:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Hancock | 87 min |
| Mar 4, 7:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Waldo | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:34 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 14 hr | |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:40 AM EST | Gale Watch | GYX | 10 hr | |
| Mar 5, 2:51 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 5, 12:56 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 34 hr | |
| Mar 5, 12:56 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 21 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:29 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 31 hr | |
| Mar 5, 9:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:39 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:38 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 6 hr | |
| Mar 7, 3:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 55 hr | |
| Mar 7, 3:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Mar 10, 2:42 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 64 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:54 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 33 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:29 AM EDT | Gale Watch | GYX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 12, 4:29 AM EDT | Storm Watch | GYX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 12, 3:29 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:10 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 3 days | |
| Mar 13, 3:10 AM EDT | Storm Warning | CAR | 43 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:21 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:26 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:40 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 71 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:40 AM EDT | Storm Warning | GYX | 43 hr | |
| Mar 13, 10:00 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | GYX | Cumberland, York | 18 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 44 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 27 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 79 min |
| Mar 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 95 min |
| Mar 14, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 118 min |
| Mar 14, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 93 min |
| Mar 15, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 118 min |
| Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 16 hr | |
| Mar 15, 9:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 18 hr | |
| Mar 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 32 hr | |
| Mar 17, 2:51 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 17, 3:33 PM EDT | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:22 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 69 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:39 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 47 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 47 hr | |
| Mar 19, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 61 min |
| Mar 20, 2:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 56 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:21 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 48 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 43 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:55 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 13 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 24, 3:48 PM EDT | Gale Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 24, 3:48 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 62 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:49 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:52 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 38 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:52 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 38 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:52 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 30 hr | |
| Mar 25, 4:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 53 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 11 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 115 min |
| Mar 29, 3:11 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 29, 3:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 48 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 40 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 37 hr | |
| Mar 30, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 53 min | |
| Mar 30, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 6:44 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 10 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 26 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 | 22 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 12 |
| Storm Warning | 3 |
| Gale Watch | 12 |
| Storm Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 24 |
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.