Alert archive / Maine / 2023
Weather alerts in Maine, September 2023
117 weather alerts in September 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 September 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 117
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest day
- September 8, 202326 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 28 hr | |
| Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 29 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:23 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 10 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:08 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 112 min |
| Sep 5, 5:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 17 hr | |
| Sep 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, York | 27 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 13 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Somerset | 85 min |
| Sep 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 12 min | |
| Sep 7, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 44 min | |
| Sep 7, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 38 min | |
| Sep 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 40 min | |
| Sep 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 9:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Washington | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | York | 119 min |
| Sep 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 88 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 53 min | |
| Sep 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 59 min | |
| Sep 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford, York | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 83 min |
| Sep 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, York | 88 min |
| Sep 8, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Piscataquis | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 59 min | |
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 57 min | |
| Sep 10, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 58 min | |
| Sep 10, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sagadahoc | 61 min |
| Sep 10, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 64 min | |
| Sep 10, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Sep 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 111 min |
| Sep 11, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc | 115 min |
| Sep 11, 9:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin | 111 min |
| Sep 11, 10:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec | 113 min |
| Sep 13, 2:23 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 4 days |
| Sep 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 27 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Hurricane Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 42 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:12 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 25 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Hurricane Watch | GYX | 24 hr | |
| Sep 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 93 min |
| Sep 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 70 min |
| Sep 13, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Aroostook | 77 min |
| Sep 13, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 113 min |
| Sep 13, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Somerset | 59 min |
| Sep 13, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Piscataquis | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 49 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:02 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 26 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 53 hr |
| Sep 14, 5:38 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 3 more | 50 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:33 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 28 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset, York | 30 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 33 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 3 hr | |
| Sep 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 11 hr | |
| Sep 16, 8:17 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York | 7 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Washington | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 4 hr | |
| Sep 17, 3:06 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York | 12 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:23 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 11 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 16 hr | |
| Sep 18, 3:01 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 27 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 48 hr | |
| Sep 18, 3:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 48 hr | |
| Sep 18, 3:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 103 min |
| Sep 19, 4:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, York | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 30 hr | |
| Sep 21, 7:13 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York | 12 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:54 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 68 hr | |
| Sep 24, 2:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 40 hr | |
| Sep 25, 4:02 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 18 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:26 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | Cumberland, York | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 6 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 | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 25 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 2 |
| Hurricane Watch | 2 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 3 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 7 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 9 |
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.