Alert archive / Maine / Penobscot County
Weather alerts in Penobscot County, Maine, 2014
149 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Penobscot County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 25
- Advisories
- 68
- Busiest month
- January28 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 23, 20145 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Penobscot County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 2 | 78% | 5 | 100% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 56 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Caribou, ME: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Caribou, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 33 | 15 | 55% | 34 | 91% | 19 min |
| NWS Caribou, ME: flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 56 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, 3:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | CAR | 12 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 44 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:12 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:43 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CAR | 40 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:45 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:43 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:51 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 155 days |
| Jan 7, 3:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:31 AM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | 62 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:53 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CAR | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:30 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | 26 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:13 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:14 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CAR | 22 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:51 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 10 hr |
| Jan 14, 11:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 12 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:58 PM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | 52 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:19 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:03 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:53 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 19 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:24 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 20 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 25 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:23 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 22 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:51 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 9 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 35 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 52 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 41 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 35 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 46 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:14 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:05 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 62 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:19 AM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | CAR | 31 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:45 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 29 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 39 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 22 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 70 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 25 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 33 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 44 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 14 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:58 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 32 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 47 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 5 days |
| Apr 14, 6:50 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 3:34 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAR | 7 days |
| Apr 15, 11:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAR | 58 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAR | 56 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 33 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 18 hr |
| May 26, 12:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 26, 1:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 43 min |
| May 28, 2:45 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| May 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 15 hr |
| May 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAR | 15 hr |
| May 31, 1:52 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 90 min |
| Jul 4, 8:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | 29 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 23 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAR | 12 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | 50 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAR | 116 min |
| Jul 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 28, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 66 min |
| Jul 31, 5:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 5, 5:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:08 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Sep 6, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:24 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAR | 16 hr |
| Sep 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:29 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAR | 21 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 47 hr |
| Oct 23, 10:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:08 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:53 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 22 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:23 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 37 hr |
| Nov 2, 7:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 2, 12:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 23 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 40 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:40 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 21 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Nov 20, 5:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 115 min |
| Nov 24, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 41 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:58 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 35 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:18 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 39 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:01 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 37 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 61 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 16 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:54 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 47 hr |
| Dec 17, 5:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:23 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CAR | 37 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:11 PM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | 45 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAR | 48 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.