Alert archive / New Hampshire / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 1997, 3:14 AM EDT for Carroll County, Strafford County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1997, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1997, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties York County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 675 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPWM 190719 FFWPWM MEC031-NHC003-017-191200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQ. FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 314 AM EDT SAT APR 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN MAINE ...YORK COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...STRAFFORD COUNTY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN YORK COUNTY MAINE WITH SOME FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF LEBANON. PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS RECEIVED 4.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN IS DECREASING OVERALL A FEW HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION REMAIN NEAR THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER FROM PORTSMOUTH TO ROCHESTER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. HAWLEY
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 18, 9:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
MEZ007>030-NHZ001>010-013-014-190900- WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 958 PM EDT FRI APR 18 1997 ...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE... ...THE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE MAINE COAST AND THE SEACOAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE... IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED....WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND LOWER AMOUNTS IN SOME VALLEYS. PRECIPITATION IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL FALL MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF WET SNOW. RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS. EARLIER THIS EVENING...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORTED 5 INCHES OF WET SNOW IN THE EUSTIS AREA WITH AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS MOST PROBABLE. IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. A POWERFUL STORM LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY EVENING WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE STORMS LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD ...THERELL BE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER LAND AND BETWEEN 40 AND 50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CAUSE BUILDING SEAS AND MAY LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND IS AT 954 AM SATURDAY. MARINE INTERESTS WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WATERCRAFT ARE SECURELY MOORED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM.
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
MEZ007>030-NHZ001>010-013-014-190900- WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 958 PM EDT FRI APR 18 1997 ...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE... ...THE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE MAINE COAST AND THE SEACOAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE... IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED....WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND LOWER AMOUNTS IN SOME VALLEYS. PRECIPITATION IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL FALL MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF WET SNOW. RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS. EARLIER THIS EVENING...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORTED 5 INCHES OF WET SNOW IN THE EUSTIS AREA WITH AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS MOST PROBABLE. IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. A POWERFUL STORM LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY EVENING WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE STORMS LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD ...THERE'LL BE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER LAND AND BETWEEN 40 AND 50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CAUSE BUILDING SEAS AND MAY LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND IS AT 954 AM SATURDAY. MARINE INTERESTS WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WATERCRAFT ARE SECURELY MOORED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RA(DIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM. !
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Carroll, Strafford | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 1997Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.