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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Gray, ME

October 26, 2008Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2008, 4:46 AM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 6:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2008, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2008, 6:10 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2008, 10:17 AM EDT
In force
4 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 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 8.42 ft at Oct 26, 2008, 7:00 AM 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 Oct 26, 4:09 AM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 4:09 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 4:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX11 hr
Oct 26, 9:40 AM EDTGale WarningGYX69 min
Oct 26, 3:14 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasGYX25 hr
Oct 26, 3:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton5 hr

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.