Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 1993, 6:55 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1993, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1993, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland County, ME
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
MEZ003-004-006>014-501-122115- SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME 210 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC... AND PISCATIQUIS RIVERS IN MAINE... AT 2 PM...THE PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN WITH SCATTERED MODERATE RAIN MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN MAINE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 42 DEGREES AT ROCKLAND TO 48 AT BRUNSWICK. WINDS WERE NORTH AND NORTHEASTERLY FROM 8 MILES PER HOUR AT BAR HARBOR TO 17 AT AUGUSTA. SANFORD REPORTED A GUST TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. A FEW AREAS OF FOG REDUCED THE VISIBILITY DOWN TO A MILE OR LESS. AUGUSTA REPORTED A VISIBILITY OF 3/4 MILES. FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS...THERE WILL BE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION ...TEMPERATURES AND WINDS. JLT
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MEZ003-004-006>014-501-122115- SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME 210 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC... AND PISCATIQUIS RIVERS IN MAINE... AT 2 PM...THE PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN WITH SCATTERED MODERATE RAIN MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN MAINE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 42 DEGREES AT ROCKLAND TO 48 AT BRUNSWICK. WINDS WERE NORTH AND NORTHEASTERLY FROM 8 MILES PER HOUR AT BAR HARBOR TO 17 AT AUGUSTA. SANFORD REPORTED A GUST TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. A FEW AREAS OF FOG REDUCED THE VISIBILITY DOWN TO A MILE OR LESS. AUGUSTA REPORTED A VISIBILITY OF 3/4 MILES. FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS...THERE WILL BE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION ...TEMPERATURES AND WINDS. JLT
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MEZALL-010-011-012-013-014-122215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 515 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS CONTINUED IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-TENTH TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH AN HOUR. AT 5 O`CLOCK...PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF AUGUSTA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY...AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR WISCASSET. ALL THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN MOST LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN AT BANKFULL PRIOR TO THE SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON...SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCUR WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO DRIZZLE...HOWEVER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TUESDAY. RESIDENTS NEAR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS FOR ANY POSSIBLE SUDDEN RISES. ALSO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS... FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIDDLEBROOKE
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MEZALL-010-011-012-013-014-122215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 515 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS CONTINUED IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-TENTH TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH AN HOUR. AT 5 O`CLOCK...PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF AUGUSTA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY...AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR WISCASSET. ALL THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN MOST LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN AT BANKFULL PRIOR TO THE SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON...SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCUR WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO DRIZZLE...HOWEVER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TUESDAY. RESIDENTS NEAR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS FOR ANY POSSIBLE SUDDEN RISES. ALSO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS... FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIDDLEBROOKE
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
MEZ010-011-012-013-014-122315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 615 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS... AT 6 O'CLOCK...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THAT HAS BEEN FALLING ALL AFTERNOON OVER THE WATCH AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OUT OF THE AREA. AT 6 O`CLOCK...PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED THAT THE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS RESTRICTED TO THE AREA SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORWAY IN SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY...TO JUST SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK. THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND SHOULD REACH PORTLAND AROUND 7 O'CLOCK. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN MOST LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN AT BANKFULL PRIOR TO THE SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON...SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCUR WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO DRIZZLE...HOWEVER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TUESDAY. RESIDENTS NEAR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS FOR ANY POSSIBLE SUDDEN RISES. ALSO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS... FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIDDLEBROOKE
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:20 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MEZ010-011-012-013-014-122315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 615 PM EDT MON APR 12 1993 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS... AT 6 O'CLOCK...THE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THAT HAS BEEN FALLING ALL AFTERNOON OVER THE WATCH AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OUT OF THE AREA. AT 6 O`CLOCK...PORTLAND RADAR SHOWED THAT THE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS RESTRICTED TO THE AREA SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORWAY IN SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY...TO JUST SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK. THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND SHOULD REACH PORTLAND AROUND 7 O'CLOCK. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN MOST LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN AT BANKFULL PRIOR TO THE SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON...SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCUR WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF INCH STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO DRIZZLE...HOWEVER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO TUESDAY. RESIDENTS NEAR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATEPR LEVELS FOR ANY POSSIBLE SUDDEN RISES. ALSO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS... FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIDDLEBROOKE
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.