Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 S Jackman, ME | SLIM 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 EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Se Attean, ME | WATER FLOWING OVER SPENCER ROAD. |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw The Forks, ME | RT 201 REDUCED TO 1 LANE AGAIN WATER RISING |
| Jun 29, 12:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Long Pond, ME | WATER 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.
- 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
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
$$
MBC1 follow-up statement
991
WGUS71 KGYX 290450
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1250 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
MEC025-290458-
/O.EXP.KGYX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160629T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET ME-
1250 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT, BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4574 6979 4574 6981 4573 6981 4572 6979
4571 6979 4569 6978 4568 6976 4558 6972
4554 6978 4534 6994 4521 7038 4560 7050
4581 6985
$$
MJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | GYX | 8 hr | |
| Jun 28, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 56 min | |
| Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.