Alert archive / Maine / 2023

Weather alerts in Maine, May 2023

79 weather alerts in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 79
Warnings: 26
Watches: 3
Advisories: 34
Busiest day: May 1, 202327 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
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	4 days
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	55 hr
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Sagadahoc	60 hr
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Somerset	5 days
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	29 hr
May 1, 2:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	9 hr
May 1, 4:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	10 hr
May 1, 4:32 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	5 hr
May 1, 4:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	6 hr
May 1, 4:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	6 hr
May 1, 5:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more	6 hr
May 1, 6:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
May 1, 6:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		4 days
May 1, 6:49 AM EDT	Storm Warning	GYX		3 hr
May 1, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis	5 hr
May 1, 8:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	27 hr
May 1, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	5 hr
May 1, 9:55 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		115 min
May 1, 11:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
May 1, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	17 hr
May 1, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	48 hr
May 1, 11:50 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		4 days
May 1, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	4 hr
May 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	15 hr
May 1, 4:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAR	Piscataquis	18 hr
May 1, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAR	Piscataquis	10 hr
May 1, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more	11 hr
May 2, 4:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	13 hr
May 3, 9:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	6 hr
May 3, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	15 hr
May 5, 2:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, York	13 hr
May 5, 2:54 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	29 hr
May 5, 3:19 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	29 hr
May 7, 2:36 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	17 hr
May 7, 3:07 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 9, 2:59 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	28 hr
May 12, 4:26 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	16 hr
May 12, 4:46 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	15 hr
May 12, 8:05 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	24 hr
May 13, 3:21 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 13, 9:32 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		11 hr
May 14, 3:20 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 14, 2:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		31 hr
May 14, 3:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		31 hr
May 14, 3:20 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Oxford	16 hr
May 16, 3:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		36 hr
May 16, 3:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		14 hr
May 17, 3:21 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	12 hr
May 17, 5:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		26 hr
May 17, 3:22 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	16 hr
May 17, 6:04 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Washington	12 hr
May 17, 6:04 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot	12 hr
May 18, 2:41 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more	17 hr
May 18, 2:45 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	16 hr
May 18, 2:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		37 hr
May 18, 3:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		37 hr
May 19, 3:05 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GYX		13 hr
May 19, 3:44 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		11 hr
May 19, 2:39 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		42 hr
May 19, 3:40 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		38 hr
May 20, 3:48 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		50 hr
May 20, 10:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, York	6 hr
May 20, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	6 hr
May 21, 6:40 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		23 hr
May 21, 2:17 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot	16 hr
May 21, 3:08 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	16 hr
May 22, 3:02 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	16 hr
May 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	15 hr
May 24, 2:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		32 hr
May 25, 3:22 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	29 hr
May 26, 2:41 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	29 hr
May 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	29 hr
May 27, 8:08 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	24 hr
May 28, 2:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		17 hr
May 28, 3:12 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 28, 3:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		12 hr
May 28, 8:01 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	24 hr
May 29, 2:42 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 29, 2:38 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, York	16 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	4
River Flood Warning	11
Areal Flood Advisory	8
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	11
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	15
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	15

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.