Alert archive / Maine / Oxford County
Weather alerts in Oxford County, Maine, 2016
119 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Oxford County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 38
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- July30 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 18, 201613 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 Oxford County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Oxford County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 26 | 19 | 27% | 11 | 91% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 40 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Gray, ME: tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| NWS Gray, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 112 | 92 | 18% | 260 | 90% | 22 min |
| NWS Gray, ME: flash flood warnings | 9 | 6 | 33% | 20 | 100% | 67 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 9, 3:22 PM EST | Flood Watch | GYX | 33 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GYX | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 22 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:51 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 18 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 25 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 27 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 39 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:03 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | GYX | 15 hr |
| Feb 12, 9:01 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | 49 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:07 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 8 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 46 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 32 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 71 min |
| Feb 25, 1:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 43 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:41 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 31 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 3:32 AM EDT | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 35 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 53 min |
| May 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| May 30, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 119 min |
| Jun 29, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:38 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 18, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 11:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 54 min |
| Aug 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 3:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | 14 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 41 min |
| Sep 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:53 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 28 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:53 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 28 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 17 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Nov 26, 5:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 33 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 61 min |
| Dec 8, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 20 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 36 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 28 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:25 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:09 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:33 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | 44 hr |
| Dec 15, 10:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 23 min |
| Dec 15, 11:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 52 min |
| Dec 16, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 58 hr |
| Dec 17, 10:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:00 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:42 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 53 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 92 min |
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.