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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Gray, ME

January 31, 2013Sullivan County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Jan 31, 2013, 1:42 PM EST for Sullivan County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 31, 2013, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2013, 5:16 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: Minor

County Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sugar River (NH) at West Claremont (WCLN3). The gauge peaked at 10.03 ft at Jan 31, 2013, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01152500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jan 31, 11:56 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 11:56 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:14 AM EST, 10 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 31, 7:43 AM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:25 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
925 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0923 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LIVERMORE FALLS         44.48N  70.19W
01/31/2013                   ANDROSCOGGIN       ME   CO-OP OBSERVER

            METAL ROOF TORN OFF BARN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1300002

TFH

Local storm report, Jan 31, 10:04 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1004 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1004 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST SEABROOK                42.89N  70.87W
01/31/2013  M58 MPH          ROCKINGHAM         NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1300003

MC

Local storm report, Jan 31, 11:14 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1114 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1113 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GRAY                    43.89N  70.33W
01/31/2013                   CUMBERLAND         ME   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN ON LAWRENCE RD

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EVENT NUMBER GYX1300004

MC

Local storm report, Jan 31, 11:29 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1129 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GRAY                    43.89N  70.33W
01/31/2013                   CUMBERLAND         ME   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREE DOWN ACROSS MAYBERRY ROAD

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EVENT NUMBER GYX1300005

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 31, 6:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, York	63 min
Jan 31, 12:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
Jan 31, 3:02 PM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		24 hr
Jan 31, 3:06 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
Jan 31, 3:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin	8 hr
Jan 31, 10:04 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	5 hr
Jan 31, 10:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	5 hr
Jan 31, 12:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Carroll	3 hr
Jan 31, 3:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.