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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Gray, ME

July 17, 2013Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2013, 9:37 PM EDT for Grafton County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2013, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Grafton County, NH

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 17, 9:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 9:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 6:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
651 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>009-182300-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
651 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 418 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY
LEVELS COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES IN EXCESS OF 100 ON FRIDAY IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL BE LARGER THREAT ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT
DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MEZ018>028-NHZ010-013-014-182300-
INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
651 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY
LEVELS COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES IN EXCESS OF 100 ON FRIDAY IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL BE LARGER THREAT ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT
DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ150>154-182300-
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-
651 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:38 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:23 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:34 PM EDT, 3 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
Jul 17, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	49 min
Jul 17, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York	67 min
Jul 17, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	52 min
Jul 17, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	48 min
Jul 17, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	41 min
Jul 17, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		113 min
Jul 17, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc	36 min
Jul 17, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	19 min
Jul 17, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Knox	24 min
Jul 18, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	35 min
Jul 18, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	30 min
Jul 18, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	32 min
Jul 18, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland	46 min
Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, York	27 hr
Jul 18, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		66 min
Jul 18, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	34 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	28 min
Jul 18, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	32 min
Jul 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	44 min
Jul 18, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX		36 min
Jul 18, 7:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	4 hr
Jul 17, 9:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Grafton	115 min
Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	48 min
Jul 18, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	26 min
Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Merrimack	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.