Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

000 
WGUS71 KGYX 300121
FFSGYX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
921 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

NHC013-300230-
/O.CON.KGYX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090630T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MERRIMACK NH-
921 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MERRIMACK COUNTY...

AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE AN AREA OF RAIN FALLING NEAR SUNCOOK...OR NEAR 
CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST OF THE 
RAIN HAS COME TO AN END...LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE 
NEXT HOUR. RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 
TWO.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEAR
BROOK STATE PARK...LOUDON AND EPSOM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4305 7151 4306 7153 4306 7160 4309 7166
      4315 7168 4340 7146 4328 7124 4327 7124
      4309 7136 4303 7147

$$

POHL

000 
WGUS71 KGYX 300227
FFSGYX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1027 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

NHC013-300237-
/O.EXP.KGYX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090630T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MERRIMACK NH-
1027 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MERRIMACK COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNING AREA. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 
EXPECTED. 

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4305 7151 4306 7153 4306 7160 4309 7166
      4315 7168 4340 7146 4328 7124 4327 7124
      4309 7136 4303 7147

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
257 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN
MOVE NORTH AND EAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A TRAILING
COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS
TO THE NORTH. WITH ONSHORE FLOW EXPECT LIGHT DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY/...
OCCASIONAL BREAKS THROUGH THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND INTO CENTRAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES. AREAS THAT ARE ABLE
TO BURN OFF THE LOW CLOUDS WILL ALSO SEE THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES
HOWEVER THE MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES IN HOW MUCH OF THE
AREA WILL ACTUALLY SEE THE SUNSHINE. THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ABLE TO
BREAK OUT WILL SEE TEMPERATURES WARM UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. EXPECT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
PROGRESS EASTWARD. AS THOSE STORMS MOVE CLOSER TO THE COAST EXPECT
THEM TO DIMINISH AS THEY GET KNOCKED DOWN BY THE MARINE LAYER.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE UNSETTLED WET WX PATTERN CONTINUES THRU MUCH OF THE LONG TERM
PERIOD AS THE H5 CUTOFF REMAINS TO OUR W WITH WEAK ONSHORE FLOW AT
THE SFC WITH THE SFC LOW WELL TO OUR W AND A WRM FNT TO OUR S. THE
H5 CUTOFF LOW BEGINS TO OPEN AND SHEAR OUT OVER THE WEEKEND ONLY
TO HAVE ANOTHER UPR LVL SYSTEM READY TO DROP IN FROM CANADA INTO
THE MEAN TROF POSITION ALONG THE E COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
GENERALLY USED THE GFS40 AND GMOS GUIDANCE FOR THE LONG TERM WITH
MAV/MET MOS BLEND USED FOR TUESDAY NGT THRU WEDNESDAY NGT. DID GO
ABOVE GFS40 POP FOR TUESDAY NGT THRU WEDNESDAY NGT OVER ERN AREAS
TO AT LEAST MENTION A SLGT CHC OR CHC OF LGT PRPC. ALSO INCLUDED
PATCHY F DURING THIS PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SHORT TERM...MVFR/IFR CEILINGS TONIGHT IMPROVING OVER WESTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE ON TUESDAY.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...CONTINUED WET
UNSETTLED WX PATTERN WILL MEAN PERIODS OF MVFR TO IFR WITH LOCAL
AREAS OF LIFR CONDITIONS LIKELY THRU MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...NO FLAGS.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...WINDS AND SEAS WILL
STAY BLO SCA LEVELS. ONSHORE FLOW REMAINS WEAK THRU THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. HOWEVER...MAY EVENTUALLY END UP SEEING SEAS/SWELLS
APPROACHING SCA LEVELS IF THE FLOW REMAINS PERSISTENT LONG
ENOUGH.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
308 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-301915-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
308 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP SMALL
RIVERS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEGAN AND AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH MINOR
FLOODING A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP AND PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR SEND IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ150>154-301915-
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-
308 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2009

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS NOT NEEDED.