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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Gray, ME

February 9, 2017Cumberland County, York County, Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this coastal flood statement at Feb 9, 2017, 3:36 AM EST for Cumberland County, York County, Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Feb 9, 2017, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2017, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2017, 8:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2017, 12:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Cumberland County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -68 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Feb 8, 10:40 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 10:40 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 3:28 AM EST, 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

MEZ018-023-NHZ008>015-100830-
Interior York-Coastal York-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-
Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham-
Western And Central Hillsborough-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Maine...New
Hampshire...central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Additional light accumulating snow is expected on Saturday.

A more significant system will bring the potential of snow Sunday
night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

MEZ012>014-100830-
Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine and
western Maine.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Additional light accumulating snow is expected on Saturday.

A more significant system will bring the potential of snow on
Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

MEZ019>022-024>028-100830-
Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-
Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine...south central Maine
and southwest Maine.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

No hazardous weather is expected through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Additional light accumulating snow is expected on Saturday.

A more significant system will bring the potential of snow on
Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-100830-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Northern Coos-
Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine...western
Maine and northern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Additional light accumulating snow is expected on Saturday.

A more significant system will bring the potential of snow on
Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

NHZ004>007-100830-
Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New Hampshire and
northern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

No hazardous weather is expected through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Additional light accumulating snow is expected on Saturday.

A more significant system will bring the potential of snow on
Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

ANZ150>152-154-100830-
Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM-
Penobscot Bay-
Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM-
Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
25 NM-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today 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.
   Freezing Spray Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.
   Freezing Spray Advisory.

Cold air moving over the waters on Friday will bring light freezing
spray.

A more significant system will bring the potential of high end gales
on Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

ANZ153-100830-
Casco Bay-
328 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST
FRIDAY...
...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today 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.
   Freezing Spray Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freezing Spray Advisory.

Cold air moving over the waters on Friday will bring light freezing
spray.

A more significant system will bring the potential of gales on
Sunday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to call or radio in significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 3:34 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryGYX32 hr
Feb 9, 9:28 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset11 hr
Feb 9, 12:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York2 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Maine, 2017Coastal Flood Statements in New Hampshire, 2017Every coastal flood statement in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.