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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Somerset County, Waldo County, Maine. It was in force for 83 min. 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 14, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kennebec County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650
WGUS51 KGYX 142022
FFWGYX
MEC011-025-027-142145-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0009.120714T2022Z-120714T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
422 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
NORTHWESTERN WALDO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURNHAM...OR 7 MILES SOUTH
OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 4459 6932 4460 6946 4462 6953 4474 6953
4476 6945 4474 6932
$$
KIMBLE1 follow-up statement
411
WGUS71 KGYX 142102
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
502 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
MEC011-025-027-142145-
/O.CON.KGYX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120714T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENNEBEC ME-SOMERSET ME-WALDO ME-
502 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WALDO...SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND NORTHEASTERN KENNEBEC
COUNTIES...
ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...
CONTINUED FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS FLOODWATER DRAINS AWAY. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH MAY INCREASE THE FLASH
FLOODING THREAT AGAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CARRABASSETT STREAM...BEAVER BROOK...FIFTEENMILE STREAM...SEBASTICOOK
RIVER...JOHNSON BROOK...FOWLER BROOK...SPRING BROOK...SANDY STREAM
AND KENNEBEC RIVER.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4459 6932 4460 6946 4462 6953 4474 6953
4476 6945 4474 6932
$$
KIMBLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset, Waldo | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo | 82 min |
| Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin | 92 min |
| Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 46 min |
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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.