Alert archive / Maine / Flood Watches in 2012
Flood Watch 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flood watch at Jun 1, 2012, 11:56 AM EDT for 8 counties in New Hampshire; 11 counties in Maine. It took effect at Jun 2, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2012, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 3:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 31 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
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681 WGUS61 KGYX 011556 FFAGYX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1156 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...HEAVY SOAKING RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER THE WEEKEND... .BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ENTER PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM THE GULF OF MAINE ON SATURDAY. THE SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN BY MONDAY MORNING...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY...ALBIET LESS CONFIDENCE...THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND SIX INCHES IN SOME COMMUNITIES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAINFALL WILL SET UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS WESTERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PICK UP THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS...BUT THIS MAY CHANGE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THIS FRONT...BRINGING MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO OUR REGION. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-020000- /O.NEW.KGYX.FA.A.0002.120602T2200Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1156 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE... ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO... INTERIOR YORK...KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN... SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM... MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JC
6 follow-up statements
709 WGUS61 KGYX 012012 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 412 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...HEAVY SOAKING RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER THE WEEKEND... .BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ENTER PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM THE GULF OF MAINE ON SATURDAY. THE SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN BY MONDAY MORNING...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY...ALBIET LESS CONFIDENCE...THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND SIX INCHES IN SOME COMMUNITIES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAINFALL WILL SET UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS WESTERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PICK UP THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS...BUT THIS MAY CHANGE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THIS FRONT...BRINGING MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO OUR REGION. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-021000- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.120602T2200Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 412 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK... INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR YORK... KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING. CAMPGROUNDS NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CONWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
150 WGUS61 KGYX 020810 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 410 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...HEAVY SOAKING RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER THE WEEKEND... .BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY. THE SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN BY MONDAY MORNING...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY...ALBEIT LESS CONFIDENCE...THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND SIX INCHES IN SOME COMMUNITIES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAINFALL WILL SET UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS WESTERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PICK UP THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS...BUT THIS MAY CHANGE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO OUR REGION. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-021700- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.120602T2200Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 410 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK... INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR YORK... KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING. CAMPGROUNDS NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CONWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA. PEOPLE WITH OTHER INTERESTS ALONG OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
582 WGUS61 KGYX 021823 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 223 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...HEAVY SOAKING RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER THE WEEKEND... .BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY. THE SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN BY MONDAY MORNING...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY...ALBEIT LESS CONFIDENCE...THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAINFALL WILL SET UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS WESTERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PICK UP THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS...BUT THIS MAY CHANGE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO OUR REGION. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-030230- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.120602T2200Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 223 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK... INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR YORK... KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING. CAMPGROUNDS NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CONWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA. PEOPLE WITH OTHER INTERESTS ALONG OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
453 WGUS61 KGYX 021944 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 344 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...HEAVY SOAKING RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVER THE WEEKEND... .BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE TONIGHT. THE SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN BY MONDAY MORNING...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY...ALBEIT LESS CONFIDENCE...THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS EARLY STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAINFALL WILL SET UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PICK UP THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-030445- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.120602T2200Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 344 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK... INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR YORK... KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING. CAMPGROUNDS NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CONWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA. PEOPLE WITH OTHER INTERESTS ALONG OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
676 WGUS61 KGYX 030229 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1029 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOODING THREAT PERSISTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... .A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST FROM THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE TO TRACK INTO CENTRAL MAINE ON SUNDAY. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN AREAS ALONG THE STATE BORDER...WHERE ANOTHER INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. TO THE EAST...THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE TWO TO FOUR INCHES FROM PORTLAND NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE ANDROSCOGGIN AND KENNEBEC VALLEYS....AS WELL AS THE MID-COAST. THIS AMOUNT WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS MAIN STEM RIVERS...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING AS WELL. NHZ007>010-013-014-030330- /O.CAN.KGYX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER... SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1029 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND ALTHOUGH SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>006-031030- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1029 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE... ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO... INTERIOR YORK...KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN... SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS AND SOUTHERN GRAFTON. * THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION. * RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS AREA ALREADY OCCURRING IN AREAS AROUND THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL MAINE ON SUNDAY. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ANDROSCOGGIN AND KENNEBEC VALLEYS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
352 WGUS61 KGYX 030755 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 355 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN CANCELLED SINCE THE WATCH AREA IS NOW COVERED BY FLOOD WARNINGS... .HEAVY RAIN...AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES...HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THIS HAS LED TO FLOODING AND HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION PLUS THE ISSUANCE OF RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE SACO, SWIFT, PRESUMPSCOT AND KENNEBEC RIVERS. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>006-030900- /O.CAN.KGYX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 355 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN CANCELLED SINCE THE WATCH AREA IS NOW COVERED BY FLOOD WARNINGS. HEAVY RAIN...AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES...HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THIS HAS LED TO FLOODING AND HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION PLUS THE ISSUANCE OF RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE SACO, SWIFT, PRESUMPSCOT AND KENNEBEC RIVERS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 1, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 837 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION TODAY THEN MOVES OFFSHORE TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FORCING A COLD FRONT TO PUSH SLOWLY TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME WESTERN MAINE LATE TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN MAINE SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO OUR SOUTHEAST WILL PROVIDE CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE THE UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPDATE...MINOR UPDATE TO ADJUST TEMPS AND DEW POINTS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE RGN. WIND AND CLOUD GRIDS LOOK GOOD AS STLT ANIMATIONS CONT TO SHOW SOLID CLOUD COVER REMAINING TO THE W AND THE SE OF THE RGN. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE VERY HIGH OVER PTNS OF OUR FA THIS WEEKEND AS TROPICAL CONNECTION SETS UP OVER ME/NH. EXACT LOCATION OF THIS BAND IS STILL IN QUESTION...BUT FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED. COASTAL FLOOD ISSUES WILL LIKELY BE PROBLEMATIC AS WELL. MORE DETAILS WILL BE ISSUED ON THESE CONCERNS AFT 12Z GUIDANCE HAS ARRIVED. PREV DISC... WILL UPDATE TO INPUT LATEST OBSERVED DATA. WILL EXTEND THE PATCHY F ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY A COUPLE MORE HOURS THIS MORNING PER LATEST METAR REPORTS (BML AND HIE). HIGH PRES WILL GIVE US FAIR WX TDA. SOME HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE IN BUT SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY. ANY EARLY MORNING F BURNS OFF QUICKLY. SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COAST AND WILL KEEP TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER THERE. HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 70S TDA...EXCEPT SOME MID TO UPPER 60S ALONG THE COAST AND IN SOME MT LOCATIONS. GENERALLY USED GFS40 AND A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE NEAR TERM FCST. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE TNGT CONTINUING FAIR WX THRU THE EVENING HOURS. A SFC LOW INTENSIFIES AS IT MOVES THRU THE GREAT LAKES REGION TNGT AND SATURDAY FORCING A CD FNT TO SLOWLY MOVE NE TOWARD THE REGION. INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW FROM SFC TO H8 WILL BRING IN LOTS OF MOISTURE AS AN UPR LVL TROF SWINGS AROUND A CUTOFF LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BRING RA INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME WESTERN MAINE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WITH THE RA SPREADING ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN MAINE SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FROM THIS EVENT. USED RFC QPF WHICH SHOWS MAX QPF AROUND 1 INCH OVER SRN AND CENTRAL NH TNGT THRU SATURDAY. GENERALLY USED GFS40 AND A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE SHORT TERM FCST. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT. AN UPPER LOW...INITIALLY CENTERED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...WILL GRADUALLY TRANSLATE EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BEFORE STALLING THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. THE LINGERING UPPER LOW WILL PROVIDE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DAMP WEATHER FOR THE AREA. A SLOW-MOVING SURFACE FRONT AND NEGATIVE TILT SYSTEM SHOULD PROVIDE HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO OUR SOUTHEAST WILL PROVIDE CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE THE UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /13Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...VFR TDA EXCEPT DENSE F EARLY THIS MORNING AT HIE WHICH SHOULD LIFT BY MID MORNING. CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE TNGT WITH RA ARRIVING OVER THE MOST WRN AREAS BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WHICH WILL BEGIN TO SEE CONDITIONS LOWER TO MVFR/IFR. RA AND IFR CONDITIONS SPREAD E ACROSS THE FCST AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. LONG TERM... SAT NIGHT - TUE...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MVFR IN RAIN...WITH AREAS OF IFR IN DRIZZLE AND FOG. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...WILL UPDATE TO INPUT LATEST OBSERVED DATA. WILL CONT THE INCREASED WINDS THIS MORNING PER BUOY REPORTS...WITH A FEW GUSTS 25 KT OVER WRN OUTER WATERS. THESE GUSTS WON'T BE FREQUENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN SCA. ALREADY REMOVED PATCHY F PER GOMOOS BUOY REPORTS ON VSBY. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN TDA KEEPS WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA LEVELS. ANY EARLY MORNING F SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AS N NE WINDS BRING IN DRIER AIR. HIGH PRES MOVES TO THE E TNGT CONTINUING WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA LEVELS. LOW PRES MOVING THRU GREAT LAKES WITH TRAILING CD FNT APPROACHING SLOWLY FROM THE SW WILL CAUSE ONSHORE WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE TO SCA LEVELS. COULD SEE GUSTS AROUND 30 KT BY LATE SATURDAY. USED SWAN GUIDANCE FOR SEAS WHICH BRING THEM UP TO 9 FT OVER THE SRN MOST WATERS LATE SATURDAY. LONG TERM... SAT NIGHT - TUE...SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LIKELY...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING GALE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OUTSIDE THE BAYS. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 324 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-020730- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 324 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-020730- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 324 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL BE OCCURRING OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS STARTING TODAY. THE PREDICTED HIGH TIDES AT PORTLAND ARE... 11.4 FT AT 9:54 PM TODAY... 11.7 FT AT 10:48 PM SUNDAY... 11.9 FT AT 11:43 PM MONDAY ... 11.8 FT AT 12:37 AM WEDNESDAY AND 11.5 FT AT 1:32 AM THURSDAY. PORTLAND'S TIDAL FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FT. ANY SIGNIFICANT ONSHORE FLOW AND/OR WAVE ACTION COULD LEAD TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND/OR ROUGH SURF/BEACH EROSION. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THIS COULD HAPPEN THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-020730- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 324 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:20 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | GYX | Rockingham | 36 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 35 hr | |
| Jun 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 4 days |
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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.