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Flood Watch 3, NWS Gray, ME

October 28, 20128 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flood watch at Oct 28, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT for 8 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2012, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 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 Oct 28, 2:48 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 2:48 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 28, 3:31 AM EDT	Storm Warning	GYX		48 hr
Oct 28, 4:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	11 hr
Oct 28, 3:14 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	36 hr
Oct 28, 3:19 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	36 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2012 Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2012 Every flood watch 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.