Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2012, 4:54 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. 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
- Jul 4, 2012, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 9:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Oxford County, ME, Coos County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662
WGUS51 KGYX 042054
FFWGYX
MEC017-NHC007-042345-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0007.120704T2054Z-120704T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
454 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
NORTHERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 446 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO NORTHERN COOS COUNTY. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT OVER 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AROUND THE PITTSBURG AREA AND
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
FRANCIS STATE PARK AND PITTSBURG
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 4501 7151 4502 7151 4517 7138 4501 7097
4481 7114 4501 7152
$$
MPK2 follow-up statements
438
WGUS51 KGYX 042336
FFWGYX
MEC017-NHC007-050245-
/O.EXT.KGYX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120705T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
736 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
NORTHERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 728 PM EDT... RAPID RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE OBSERVED
OVER THE WARNED AREA.... WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
FRANCIS STATE PARK AND PITTSBURG
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4501 7151 4502 7151 4517 7138 4501 7097
4481 7114 4501 7152
$$
MBC523
WGUS71 KGYX 050114
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
914 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
MEC017-NHC007-050124-
/O.CAN.KGYX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120705T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OXFORD ME-COOS NH-
914 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN COOS AND
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTIES...
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
LAT...LON 4501 7151 4502 7151 4517 7138 4501 7097
4481 7114 4501 7152
$$
MBCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York | 90 min |
| Jul 4, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 85 min | |
| Jul 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Coos | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Grafton | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Merrimack | 90 min |
| Jul 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 57 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.