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Gale Warning 23, NWS Gray, ME

July 4, 2014

NWS Gray, ME issued this gale warning at Jul 4, 2014, 4:15 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 5, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 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 4, 2014, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jul 4, 3:52 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:52 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

ANZ150>154-042300-
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-
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
STRONG WINDS...ABRUPT WIND SHIFTS AND HEAVY RAIN WITH NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WILL IMPACT THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>021-NHZ001>010-013-042300-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ022-042300-
INTERIOR WALDO-
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ025>028-042300-
SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE MODERATE OR HIGH ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ023-024-NHZ014-042300-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
656 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN 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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE MODERATE OR HIGH 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

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 11:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 11:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 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 3, 8:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		45 hr
Jul 3, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	59 min
Jul 3, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	54 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, York	56 min
Jul 3, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc	36 min
Jul 3, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	43 min
Jul 3, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	52 min
Jul 3, 11:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:15 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GYX		11 hr
Jul 4, 6:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	23 hr
Jul 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos	46 min
Jul 3, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	51 min
Jul 3, 8:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	4 hr
Jul 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Coos	3 hr
Jul 3, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham and 1 more	53 min
Jul 3, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	3 hr
Jul 3, 9:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	3 hr

Nearby

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