Alert archive / Maine / Hancock County
Weather alerts in Hancock County, Maine, 2008
171 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hancock County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 171
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 88
- Busiest month
- December35 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 3, 20087 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Hancock County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 3 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 13 | 100% | 77 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Caribou, ME: tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Caribou, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 61 | 25 | 59% | 65 | 74% | 25 min |
| NWS Caribou, ME: flash flood warnings | 12 | 8 | 33% | 39 | 87% | 94 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, 3:54 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:54 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:05 AM EST | Blowing Snow Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:27 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:17 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 17 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 31 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 29 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:00 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | 37 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 41 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:19 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:33 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | 21 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:36 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:44 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 9 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 6:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:00 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | 8 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:50 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | 48 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | Blowing Snow Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 19 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:08 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 31 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 10 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:00 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 35 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:33 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:30 AM EST | Snow Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:36 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 39 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:35 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:50 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | CAR | 53 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 AM EST | Blowing Snow Advisory | CAR | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:17 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:06 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 25 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 26 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:59 PM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 AM EDT | Snow Advisory | CAR | 30 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:14 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Snow Advisory | CAR | 22 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:46 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 31 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 32 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 104 min |
| Apr 30, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 44 hr |
| May 27, 11:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 10, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 1, 6:16 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 17 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:09 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 10:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 9 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 3:46 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:58 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 108 min |
| Aug 15, 6:58 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 112 min |
| Sep 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | 41 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:38 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:45 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAR | 28 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:41 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:00 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | NHC | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | CAR | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | CAR | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | NHC | 30 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 30 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | CAR | 29 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | CAR | 29 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 11 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 2 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:20 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | CAR | 18 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:36 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAR | 51 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:49 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 39 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:42 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:44 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAR | 28 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Oct 29, 6:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:53 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 8 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:11 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:39 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:59 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 36 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:29 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 8:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:03 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CAR | 5 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:00 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 25 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:46 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 42 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:49 PM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | 47 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:51 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | CAR | 19 hr |
| Nov 25, 10:58 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CAR | 5 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:41 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | CAR | 18 hr |
| Dec 4, 11:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 38 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:16 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 36 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 31 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:23 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 32 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 14 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:00 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 14 hr |
| Dec 11, 6:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:54 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | CAR | 7 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:53 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 13 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Dec 15, 7:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 3 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 30 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 14 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:26 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CAR | 27 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:16 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | CAR | 30 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:18 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 13 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:23 AM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 22 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:55 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:55 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:22 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 27 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.