Alert archive / Maine / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 22, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Jul 24, 2008, 7:33 AM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at Jul 24, 2008, 7:44 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2008, 7:33 AM EDT (11:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2008, 7:44 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2008, 1:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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 river
Written for the forecast point Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 7.99 ft at Jul 24, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01055000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 24, 3:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 5:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 537 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NHZ001>009-250945- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- 537 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AND THIS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ150>154-250945- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 537 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>021-250945- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- 537 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AND THIS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ022>028-NHZ010-013-014-250945- INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 537 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 111 min | |
| Jul 24, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 67 min | |
| Jul 24, 10:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 118 min |
| Jul 24, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford, York | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | York | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 39 min | |
| Jul 24, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 60 min | |
| Jul 24, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford, York | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Belknap, Strafford | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Strafford | 34 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.