Alert archive / Maine / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2016, 10:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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
- Oct 21, 2016, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 11:24 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saco, ME | HEAVY FLOODING REPORTED IN SACO |
| Oct 21, 11:24 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saco, ME | I-195 OVERPASS AND TRAIN TRESLE ON BEACH ST |
| Oct 21, 11:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | South Paris, ME | MAIN ST NEAR GARY STREET FLOODED |
| Oct 21, 11:26 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ogunquit, ME | RT 1 NEAR SHORE RD FLOODED |
| Oct 21, 11:28 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eliot, ME | RT 101 REDUCED TO 1 LANE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Oct 22, 12:05 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bridgton, ME | RT 302 REDUCED TO 1 LANE |
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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
985
WGUS51 KGYX 220239
FFWGYX
MEC001-005-017-023-031-220545-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0009.161022T0239Z-161022T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1039 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 1038 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTLAND...LEWISTON...SOUTH PORTLAND...BIDDEFORD...BRUNSWICK...
WESTBROOK...KITTERY...BATH...BRIDGTON...FRYEBURG...
MECHANIC FALLS...ALFRED...TURNER...NAPLES...SANFORD...TOPSHAM...
CUMBERLAND...SACO AND GORHAM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4313 7083 4324 7081 4329 7091 4339 7099
4355 7095 4405 7100 4432 7095 4436 7029
4416 7001 4413 7003 4411 6994 4396 6972
4307 7070
$$
MBC2 follow-up statements
511
WGUS71 KGYX 220344
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1144 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
MEC001-005-017-023-031-220545-
/O.CON.KGYX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161022T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAGADAHOC ME-OXFORD ME-ANDROSCOGGIN ME-YORK ME-CUMBERLAND ME-
1144 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN OXFORD...ANDROSCOGGIN...YORK AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 1143 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
SACO...PORTLAND...ELIOT AND PARIS.UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTLAND...LEWISTON...SOUTH PORTLAND...BIDDEFORD...
BRUNSWICK...WESTBROOK...KITTERY...BATH...BRIDGTON...FRYEBURG...
MECHANIC FALLS...ALFRED...TURNER...NAPLES...SANFORD...TOPSHAM...
CUMBERLAND...SACO AND GORHAM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4313 7083 4324 7081 4329 7091 4339 7099
4355 7095 4405 7100 4432 7095 4436 7029
4416 7001 4413 7003 4411 6994 4396 6972
4307 7070
$$
CURTIS778
WGUS71 KGYX 220541
FFSGYX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
141 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016
MEC001-005-017-023-031-220549-
/O.EXP.KGYX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161022T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAGADAHOC ME-OXFORD ME-ANDROSCOGGIN ME-YORK ME-CUMBERLAND ME-
141 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN OXFORD...
ANDROSCOGGIN...YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT WATER MAY CONTINUE TO DRAIN OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
REMEMBER NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND DONT
DROWN.
LAT...LON 4313 7083 4324 7081 4329 7091 4339 7099
4355 7095 4405 7100 4432 7095 4436 7029
4416 7001 4413 7003 4411 6994 4396 6972
4307 7070
$$
CEMPAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 9:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, York | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sagadahoc | 42 min |
| Oct 22, 12:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:27 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 48 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.