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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME

April 19, 2008Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2008, 6:15 AM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 19, 2008, 11:09 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2008, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2008, 11:09 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 6:16 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity
Minor

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 Kennebec River at Skowhegan (SKOM1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 19, 2:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
230 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
EARLY TODAY AND BECOME STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE REGION. HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL THEN DROP SOUTHEAST BEHIND
THE FRONT AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING/...
SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH 8 AM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY/...
ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS TODAY. THIS WILL COOL TEMPERATURES SOME
10 DEGREES OR SO COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AS WELL AS INCREASE
MOISTURE A BIT.  STILL LOOKING FOR AMPLE SUNSHINE THROUGH SOME
HIGH CLOUDS.  USED BLEND OF MAV/MET/CURRENT FORECAST FOR TEMPERATURES
AND MAV DATA FOR POPS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VERY QUIET PATTERN IN PLACE CONSIDERING ITS SPRING. UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE IN PLACE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN.
SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND WILL SIMPLY SLOW
DOWN AND SLIDE SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE RESULT WILL BE A WEAK REX
BLOCK OVER THE REGION THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DRY WEATHER. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER
THAN NORMAL FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL
PLOW INTO THE BLOCK ON THURSDAY. MAJORITY OF THE ENERGY WITH THIS
SYSTEM WILL BE SPENT BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE AND ONLY SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHORT TERM...VFR.

LONG TERM...VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...WILL CONTINUE SCAS FOR SEAS THROUGH TODAY AND
ALLOW THEM TO EXPIRE FOR TONIGHT.

LONG TERM...ALL QUIET ON THE WATERS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
CONDITIONS DRYING OUT OVER SOUTHERN/COASTAL SECTIONS. FIRE DANGER
HAS ELEVATED TO HIGH OVER THOSE AREAS.  EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS TODAY DUE TO AN ONSHORE FLOW. LIMITING
FACTOR WILL BE LIGHT WINDS OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS. OVER COASTAL
SECTIONS WHERE WINDS WILL BE A BIT MORE NOTICEABLE...THERE WILL BE
MORE IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE. NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
CONDITIONS DURING WORKWEEK AS LACK OF RAIN COUPLED WITH INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRY THINGS OUT.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
WILL FRESHEN UP CURRENT RVSGYX. CONTINUED DAYTIME SNOWMELT BRINGING
RIVERS UP.  LIMITING FACTORS ARE LACK OF PRECIPITATION AND COOL
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
     EVENING FOR ANZ150>154.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 3:43 PM EDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.