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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

January 12, 2014Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Jan 12, 2014, 4:06 AM EST for Grafton County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 12, 2014, 4:53 AM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2014, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2014, 4:53 AM EST
Expired
Jan 13, 2014, 8:40 AM EST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity
Minor

County Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pemigewasset River at Plymouth (PLMN3). The gauge peaked at 15.33 ft at Jan 12, 2014, 9:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01076500, 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 12, 3:01 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:01 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 10:10 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1010 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>009-120700-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...
LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...
PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...
CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
1010 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...ICY ROADS STILL CAUSING VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...

SOME LOCATIONS...LIKE IN THE NOTCHES IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
INTO SOME OF THE VALLEYS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS
WELL AS LOW SPOTS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MAINE ARE
STILL HOLDING AROUND FREEZING LATE THIS EVENING...CAUSING RAIN TO
FREEZE ON ROADS AND OTHER UNTREATED SURFACES. THIS IS LEADING TO
VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.

HOWEVER...MOST LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE
FREEZING...EVEN INTO THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. THIS IS RESULTING IN
EXTREMELY VARIABLE CONDITIONS...FROM JUST WET PAVEMENT WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE MILD TO ICY SPOTS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH
COLDER.

MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD USE EXTREME CARE TRAVELING ABOUT
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 10:35 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX29 hr
Jan 11, 8:13 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton7 hr
Jan 11, 10:16 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton10 hr
Jan 12, 2:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXCarroll8 hr

Nearby

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