Alert archive / Maine / York County
Weather alerts in York County, Maine, 2013
190 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
York County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 190
- Warnings
- 46
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 65
- Busiest month
- June29 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 12, 201313 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
York County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 23 | 8% | 13 | 100% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Gray, ME: tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 23 min |
| NWS Gray, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings | 144 | 115 | 20% | 271 | 89% | 21 min |
| NWS Gray, ME: flash flood warnings | 35 | 23 | 34% | 38 | 89% | 69 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 11, 8:57 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:36 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 21 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:00 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 4 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:57 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 59 min |
| Jan 20, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 10 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GYX | 3 days |
| Jan 28, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 30 hr |
| Jan 29, 8:11 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GYX | 19 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:09 PM EST | High Wind Warning | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 63 min |
| Jan 31, 3:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 35 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:19 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | GYX | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:56 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | GYX | 48 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 48 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:07 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 46 hr |
| Feb 8, 8:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:32 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 88 min |
| Feb 9, 4:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:36 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 31 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:36 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 13 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:34 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 44 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 55 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:52 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 3:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 42 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:04 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:10 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 24 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:10 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:37 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:22 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 9 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:14 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 8 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:03 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:22 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:41 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 49 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:51 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 51 hr |
| May 13, 2:33 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 12 hr |
| May 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| May 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 9 hr |
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 7 hr |
| May 25, 10:20 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 4 hr |
| May 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 14 hr |
| May 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 11 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 43 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 35 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 11:47 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GYX | 36 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 17 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 15 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 85 min |
| Jul 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 19 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | 27 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 10:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 13 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | 11 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 16 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 117 min |
| Aug 31, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | 118 min |
| Aug 31, 10:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 35 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:46 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | 8 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 37 min |
| Sep 11, 9:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Sep 11, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 55 min |
| Sep 12, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Sep 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 46 min |
| Sep 12, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 25 min |
| Sep 12, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 43 min |
| Sep 13, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 45 min |
| Sep 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | 83 min |
| Sep 16, 2:55 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 30 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 17 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 10 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 5 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 57 min |
| Oct 8, 3:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 18 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GYX | 10 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GYX | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | 28 hr |
| Nov 1, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | 43 min |
| Nov 7, 11:31 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 2 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:11 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 18, 7:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 85 min |
| Nov 23, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 28 hr |
| Nov 23, 7:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 58 min |
| Nov 23, 9:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 91 min |
| Nov 26, 2:37 PM EST | Flood Watch | GYX | 26 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Nov 26, 5:14 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 15 hr |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 11 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:22 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 4 hr |
| Dec 4, 8:04 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | 5 hr |
| Dec 5, 9:01 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | 10 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 33 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 23 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 25 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:52 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | GYX | 19 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 46 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:39 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | GYX | 26 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:37 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 36 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:50 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GYX | 63 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GYX | 36 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | 36 hr |
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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.