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Flood Watch 4, NWS Gray, ME

April 15, 20115 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 15, 2011, 3:11 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2011, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2011, 8:31 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDT, 9 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 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Storm Watch	GYX		12 hr
Apr 15, 3:26 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	24 hr
Apr 14, 9:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton, Sullivan	30 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2011 Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2011 Every flood watch in 2011

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.