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Small Craft Advisory 5, NWS Gray, ME

January 11, 2014

NWS Gray, ME issued this small craft advisory at Jan 11, 2014, 10:35 PM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2014, 10:35 PM EST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2014, 3:09 AM EST
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 11, 10:33 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 10:33 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:07 PM EST, 7 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
307 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-122015-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
307 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-122015-
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-
307 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 10:10 PM EST, 25 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, 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
Jan 12, 4:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton29 hr

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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.