Winter Storm in Maine, April 26, 2002

Name: Winter Storm in Maine, April 26, 2002
Start: 2002-04-26T05:00
End: 2002-04-26T13:00
Location: Maine

April 26, 2002 · NWS CAR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Low pressure tracking through the Gulf of Maine produced 4 to 8 inches of snow across portions of the Downeast coast.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.

Low pressure tracking through the Gulf of Maine produced 4 to 8 inches of snow across portions of the Downeast coast.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 26, 3:39 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:39 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
439 AM EDT FRI APR 26 2002

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
TOWARD THE REGION TONIGHT...THEN CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY.

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE.
THE LOW WILL LIFT ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA TODAY AND THROUGH THE GULF OF SAINT
LAWRENCE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA LATER
TONIGHT...THEN CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. ALOFT...THE NEGATIVELY TILTED TROF
AXIS WILL LIFT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THROUGH THE MARITIMES TONIGHT.

KCBW 88D INDICATED PRECIPITATION COVERING MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN AREAS. BASED ON THE EXPECTED TRACK
OF THE LOW...EXPECT THE BETTER SUPPORT AND PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL
MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MAINE ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA...JUST CLIPPING DOWNEAST
AREAS. THUS...EXPECT LESSER PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
WITH LESS PRECIPITATION AND SNOW EXPECTED WILL DOWNGRADE THE WINTER STORM
WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY TO A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING. WILL MAINTAIN THE ONGOING WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST. MIXED
RAIN AND SNOW DOWNEAST THIS MORNING WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MIXED
RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 40 NORTH
TO THE MID 40S DOWNEAST.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES WILL LINGER ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT AS THE TROF AXIS AND DEEPER MOISTURE EXIT THE
REGION. ACROSS DOWNEAST AREAS...DRIER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW SKIES TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. EXPECT
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.

DIURNAL CU/SC DEVELOPMENT WILL PRODUCE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S
NORTH TO THE LOWER 50S DOWNEAST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST
LATER SUNDAY...BRINGING RAIN TO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW OR RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE LOW TRACKS SOUTH OF THE REGION. HIGH
PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BACK TOWARD THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

COASTAL WATERS...
EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN RAIN AND SNOW EARLY TODAY...WITH IMPROVING
VISIBILITIES LATE.

.CAR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS MORNING ZONES 11-15>17-32.
       SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

NORCROSS

The radar

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Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Coastal Washington

When: April 26, 5:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Coastal Washington forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maine in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Maine, April 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5285594.