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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME

April 4, 2009Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2009, 9:56 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 5, 2009, 1:03 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2009, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2009, 1:03 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2009, 3:03 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: Minor

County Kennebec County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 3:26 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:26 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 3:01 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 3:38 PM EDT	Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	43 hr
Apr 5, 3:38 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		35 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.