Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1998, 4:09 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 1, 1998, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 8:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Somerset County, ME
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 012010 FFWPWM MEC025-020005- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 409 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN CENTRAL MAINE * UNTIL 805 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS NEAR PITTSFIELD ...PALMYRA AND DETROIT IN SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE LAST HOUR IN THIS AREA. LOCALLY...RAINFALL TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON WILL EXCEED THREE INCHES IN SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY. THE SEBASTICOOK RIVER AND THE MADAWASKA AND WITCHCOMBE BROOKS WILL RISE OVER THEIR BANKS. DON'T CAMP NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING! JC/TH
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, Jul 1, 1:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 126 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 NHZ003-012225- .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM...MAKING FOR RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE TWO TO THREE INCH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH 400 PM. THE AMMONOOSUC RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE NEAR BATH ARND WOODSVILLE. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS... JC
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 126 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 NHZ003-012225- .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM...MAKING FOR RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE TWO TO THREE INCH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH 400 PM. THE AMMONOOSUC RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE NEAR BATH ARND WOODSVILLE. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS... JC
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 130 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 MEZ012-012235- .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY A FEW MILES NORTH OF BETHEL THROUGH 230 PM. RAINFALL TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LOCALLY BE IN THE TWO TO THREE INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. EXPECT SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO BE ON THE RISE. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIXVERS AND STREAMS... JC
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 130 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 MEZ012-012235- .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY A FEW MILES NORTH OF BETHEL THROUGH 230 PM. RAINFALL TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LOCALLY BE IN THE TWO TO THREE INCH RANGE IN THIS AREA. EXPECT SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO BE ON THE RISE. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL RIXVERS AND STREAMS... JC
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 304 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 MEZ013-020005- .NOW... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR HAVE DEPOSITED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN NEAR WEBB LAKE IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFUL. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH 5 PM...DROPPING AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN. PEOPLE ALONG THE WEBB RIVER SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODWATERS THREATEN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 304 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1998 MEZ013-020005- .NOW... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR HAVE DEPOSITED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN NEAR WEBB LAKE IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFUL. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH 5 PM...DROPPING AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN. PEOPLE ALONG THE WEBB RIVER SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODWATERS THREATEN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin | 89 min |
Nearby
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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.