Alert archive / Maine / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Maine, 2022
138 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 138
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- January22 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20229 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2022 had a tornado report inside them.
Franklin County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 10 | 33% | 9 | 89% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Gray, ME: tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 3 | 33% | 21 min |
| NWS Gray, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 117 | 88 | 25% | 400 | 76% | 24 min |
| NWS Gray, ME: flash flood warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 6 | 83% | 47 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 39 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 25 hr |
| Jan 5, 9:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:03 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:08 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | 33 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:08 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 31 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | GYX | 11 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:03 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | 45 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 36 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:25 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 12 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 82 min |
| Jan 18, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 25 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:15 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 30 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 44 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:41 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 18 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 36 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 51 hr |
| Feb 4, 5:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 52 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 32 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 20 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 42 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 62 min |
| Feb 27, 3:10 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 31 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 4:14 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | GYX | 61 min |
| Feb 27, 4:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 5:15 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | GYX | 60 min |
| Feb 27, 6:15 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | GYX | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 2:54 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 22 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:05 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 32 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:53 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:24 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 52 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | 20 hr |
| May 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 36 min |
| May 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 65 min |
| May 21, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 59 min |
| May 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | 16 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 53 min |
| May 21, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 44 min |
| May 22, 12:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 22, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 112 min |
| May 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 16 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 2:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 10:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 3:07 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | 64 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | 7 days |
| Aug 4, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 3:07 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | 4 days |
| Sep 5, 12:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 113 min |
| Sep 16, 2:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:52 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 29 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:52 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 29 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:52 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 30 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:46 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 30 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 15 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 48 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 13 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 36 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 36 hr |
| Nov 25, 8:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 19 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 19 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 19 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 29 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 63 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:59 AM EST | High Wind Watch | GYX | 33 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:15 PM EST | Flood Watch | GYX | 57 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GYX | 44 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 36 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 21 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.