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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME

June 3, 20127 counties in Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this areal flood warning at Jun 3, 2012, 1:27 AM EDT for 7 counties in Maine. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2012, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 3, 12:59 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:59 AM EDT, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1133 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MADISON                 43.90N  71.15W
06/02/2012                   CARROLL            NH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WASHOUTS ON GRISON RD. AND HOLDER RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1200033

MJC

Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1137 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ENFIELD                 43.64N  72.14W
06/02/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   NEWSPAPER

            TREE DOWN

0500 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CANAAN                  43.65N  72.01W
06/02/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   NEWSPAPER

            TREE DOWN ON CAR

0520 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LYME                    43.81N  72.16W
06/02/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   NEWSPAPER

            POWER LINES DOWN

0600 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BETHLEHEM               44.28N  71.69W
06/02/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   STATE POLICE

            TREES DOWN

1015 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MADISON                 43.90N  71.15W
06/02/2012                   CARROLL            NH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WASHOUTS ON GRISON RD. AND HOLDER RD.

1045 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EATON                   43.91N  71.08W
06/02/2012                   CARROLL            NH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGNIFICANT WATER FLOWING ACROSS 153 AT CRYSTAL LAKE

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BUCKFIELD               44.29N  70.37W
06/02/2012                   OXFORD             ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW FLOODED ROADS

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EVENT NUMBER GYX1200029 GYX1200030 GYX1200031 GYX1200032 GYX1200033
GYX1200034 GYX1200035

MJC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	10 hr
Jun 2, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 2 more	10 hr
Jun 2, 10:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	20 hr
Jun 3, 12:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland	23 hr
Jun 3, 12:42 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	10 hr
Jun 3, 3:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	3 days
Jun 3, 3:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Somerset	3 days
Jun 3, 3:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	66 hr
Jun 3, 6:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, York	10 hr
Jun 3, 7:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin	71 hr
Jun 3, 8:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, Waldo	19 hr
Jun 3, 10:45 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	14 hr
Jun 3, 1:47 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		14 hr
Jun 3, 3:24 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	19 hr
Jun 3, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Sagadahoc, York	8 hr
Jun 3, 4:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	20 hr
Jun 2, 9:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Carroll	20 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Maine, 2012 Every areal flood warning in 2012

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.