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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Gray, ME

July 24, 2008Oxford County, Maine

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.

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX111 min
Jul 24, 7:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX67 min
Jul 24, 10:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXYork118 min
Jul 24, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford, York45 min
Jul 24, 12:34 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXOxford26 min
Jul 24, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York46 min
Jul 24, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork49 min
Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXYork4 hr
Jul 24, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York42 min
Jul 24, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX39 min
Jul 24, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York50 min
Jul 24, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford50 min
Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX60 min
Jul 24, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford51 min
Jul 24, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford41 min
Jul 24, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Oxford31 min
Jul 24, 4:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset6 hr
Jul 24, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXOxford6 hr
Jul 24, 5:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXOxford, York6 hr
Jul 24, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York39 min
Jul 24, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham27 min
Jul 24, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford49 min
Jul 24, 11:46 AM EDTTornado WarningGYXBelknap, Strafford29 min
Jul 24, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan6 hr
Jul 24, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Strafford34 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.