Alert archive / Maine / Washington County
Weather alerts in Washington County, Maine, 2026
88 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Washington County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 8
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest month
- August17 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 15, 20264 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Washington County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Caribou, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 37 | 11 | 70% | 68 | 57% | 12 min |
| NWS Caribou, ME: flash flood warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 7 | 0% |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 6, 1:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 38 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 47 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:55 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jan 16, 5:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 29 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 29 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:44 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CAR | 45 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:44 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | CAR | 45 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 93 min |
| Jan 23, 12:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:04 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 60 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:40 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | 23 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 54 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 30 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | 13 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAR | 46 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:54 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | CAR | 35 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 35 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:42 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:25 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 41 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:39 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 33 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 43 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAR | 44 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | 22 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CAR | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 37 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:24 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 54 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:51 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 36 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | 45 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | 12 hr |
| May 12, 1:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 19 hr |
| May 15, 1:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| May 17, 2:25 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 18 hr |
| May 21, 2:20 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 29 hr |
| May 22, 6:34 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 24 hr |
| May 22, 2:02 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:17 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:02 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:16 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 29 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CAR | 21 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 96 min |
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 10:09 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAR | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 2:02 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:02 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:14 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:10 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 18 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:29 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 23 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 18 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:57 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | CAR | 14 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:22 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 18 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:29 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 24 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 23 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:19 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:28 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 18 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:03 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:18 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:41 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAR | 28 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:29 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 17 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:54 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:05 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 23 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:32 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 30 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:10 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:15 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 11 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 7:54 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 10 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:12 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 22 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:55 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 22 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:52 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | 17 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAR | 18 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 | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 13 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 24 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 4 |
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.