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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

June 28, 2016Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD12 S Jackman, MESLIM HAGGLE ROAD UNDER 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER...STREAMS OUT OF BANKS. 7.16 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 5 HOURS.
Jun 28, 8:27 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD9 Se Attean, MEWATER FLOWING OVER SPENCER ROAD.
Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD6 Nnw The Forks, MERT 201 REDUCED TO 1 LANE AGAIN WATER RISING
Jun 29, 12:30 AM EDTFLASH FLOODLong Pond, MEWATER OVER RT 6/15 IN LONG POND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

605 
WGUS51 KGYX 282250
FFWGYX
MEC025-290445-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0002.160628T2250Z-160629T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
650 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 645 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 6
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKMAN...MOXIE GORE...UPPER ENCHANTED...LONG POND...
  CHASE STREAM...THE FORKS PLANTATION...JOHNSON MOUNTAIN...ATTEAN...
  WEST FORK PLANTATION...ROCKWOOD STRIP...BRASSUA...
  TOMHEGAN AND PARLIN POND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENET. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS... OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4574 6979 4574 6981 4573 6981 4572 6979
      4571 6979 4569 6978 4568 6976 4558 6972
      4554 6978 4534 6994 4521 7038 4560 7050
      4581 6985

$$

MBC
1 follow-up statement
991 
WGUS71 KGYX 290450
FFSGYX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1250 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

MEC025-290458-
/O.EXP.KGYX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160629T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET ME-
1250 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT, BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.


LAT...LON 4574 6979 4574 6981 4573 6981 4572 6979
      4571 6979 4569 6978 4568 6976 4558 6972
      4554 6978 4534 6994 4521 7038 4560 7050
      4581 6985

$$

MJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:36 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasGYX8 hr
Jun 28, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset40 min
Jun 28, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset38 min
Jun 28, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset47 min
Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXSomerset3 hr
Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXSomerset3 hr
Jun 28, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset48 min
Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset38 min
Jun 28, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYX56 min
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXOxford3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.