Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2012, 11:55 AM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2012, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064
WGUS51 KGYX 231555
FFWGYX
MEC007-017-232000-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0004.120623T1555Z-120623T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1155 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A QUICK INCH AND A HALF RAINFALL HAS FALL OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY...AND A QUICK TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE AREA
STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANGELEY
LAKE STATE PARK...STRATTON...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD AND CARRABASSETT
VALLEY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4518 7043 4514 7042 4514 7037 4516 7036
4513 7030 4511 7029 4511 7027 4505 7013
4501 7013 4465 7029 4486 7097 4522 7067
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
024
WGUS71 KGYX 231635
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1235 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
MEC007-017-232000-
/O.CON.KGYX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120623T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OXFORD ME-FRANKLIN ME-
1235 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND NORTH CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR HAS INCATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED IN THIS AREA AND RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO AND A
HALF TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STRATTON AND
CARRABASSETT VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4518 7043 4514 7042 4514 7037 4516 7036
4513 7030 4511 7029 4511 7027 4505 7013
4501 7013 4465 7029 4486 7097 4522 7067
$$
MPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 84 min |
| Jun 22, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 39 min | |
| Jun 23, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 12:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Oxford | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 86 min |
| Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 55 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 37 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.