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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Gray, ME

September 6, 2011Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Sep 6, 2011, 10:47 AM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Sep 6, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2011, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 6, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 7, 2011, 6:12 AM EDT
In force: 14 hr
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 14:52 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 Sep 6, 9:50 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:50 AM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 3:10 AM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
310 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

ANZ151-153-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-070715-
PENOBSCOT BAY-CASCO BAY-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-
310 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150-152-154-070715-
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
310 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more	119 min
Sep 5, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	39 min
Sep 6, 2:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	GYX		25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 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.