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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Gray, ME

April 11, 2011Coos County, New Hampshire; Essex County, Vermont

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2011, 7:53 PM EDT for Coos County, New Hampshire; Essex County, Vermont. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 5:31 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2011, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2011, 5:31 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 12:04 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Coos County, NH, Essex County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Connecticut River at Dalton (DLTN3). The gauge peaked at 19.45 ft at Apr 14, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01131500, 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 11, 7:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 3:31 AM EDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
331 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011

MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>006-120745-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
331 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
OR ANY FLOODING ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ018>028-NHZ007>010-013-014-120745-
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
331 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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 ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-120745-
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-
331 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011

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...TODAY 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 ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 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 11, 3:30 AM EDT	Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset	64 hr
Apr 11, 8:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	93 min
Apr 11, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	51 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	48 min
Apr 11, 8:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	52 min
Apr 11, 9:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	61 min
Apr 11, 3:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton, Sullivan	66 hr
Apr 11, 3:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	22 hr
Apr 11, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	42 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2011 River Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2011 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.