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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Gray, ME

August 12, 2014Oxford County, Maine; 6 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2014, 3:37 AM EDT for Oxford County, Maine; 6 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Aug 13, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2014, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2014, 9:49 PM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Oxford County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 12, 1:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 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
Aug 12, 2:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		28 hr
Aug 12, 2:51 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, York	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Maine, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.