Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1998, 8:58 PM EDT for Franklin County, Maine. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 18, 1998, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, ME
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 190100 FFWPWM MEC007-190400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 858 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE * UNTIL 1200 AM EDT * AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR FARMINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. FRAKNLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT ROADS WERE WASHING OUT NEAR FARMINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT FARMINGTON...NEW SHARON AND CHESTERVILLE HAYES *
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, Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 447 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 MEZ012-018-NHZ004-006-182350- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN NARROW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST YORK COUNTY IN MAINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA MAY EXCEED 1 1/2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS. THIS MUCH RAIN MAY CAUSE ALREADY SMALLER RIVER AND STREAMS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS...OR EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE ON THE ALERT FOR SUDDEN RISES ON SMALL RIVER AND STREAMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONS SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 447 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 MEZ012-018-NHZ004-006-182350- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN NARROW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST YORK COUNTY IN MAINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA MAY EXCEED 1 1/2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS. THIS MUCH RAIN MAY CAUSE ALREADY SMALLER RIVER AND STREAMS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS...OR EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE ON THE ALERT FOR SUDDEN RISES ON SMALL RIVER AND STREAMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONS SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 708 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 NHZ003-006-190205- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN GRAFTON COUNTY INTO CARROLL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR FROM WATERVILLE VALLEY IN GRAFTON COUNTY TO SANDWICH AND WOLFEBORO IN CARROLL COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS MAY CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE SUDDENLY. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR RIVER IN THIS AREA... BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && IN ADDITION...FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN EASTERN GRAFTON OR CARROLL COUNTIES THIS EVENING...BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 708 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 NHZ003-006-190205- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN GRAFTON COUNTY INTO CARROLL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR FROM WATERVILLE VALLEY IN GRAFTON COUNTY TO SANDWICH AND WOLFEBORO IN CARROLL COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS MAY CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE SUDDENLY. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR RIVER IN THIS AREA... BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && IN ADDITION...FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN EASTERN GRAFTON OR CARROLL COUNTIES THIS EVENING...BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:11 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 811 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 NHZ008-013-190310- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM AND EASTERN MERRIMACK COUNTIES. AS THEY MOVE THROUGH...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DROP BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL EXIT THE REGION AFTER 900 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. ALSO...WATCH FOR SUDDEN RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS... AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL PASS BETWEEN CONCORD AND EXETER AS IT MOVES SOUTH. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:11 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 811 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1998 NHZ008-013-190310- .NOW... LOOK FOR AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM AND EASTERN MERRIMACK COUNTIES. AS THEY MOVE THROUGH...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DROP BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL EXIT THE REGION AFTER 900 PM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THIS AREA...BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. ALSO...WATCH FOR SUDDEN RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS... AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. && THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL PASS BETWEEN CONCORD AND EXETER AS IT MOVES SOUTH. HAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Somerset | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.