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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Gray, ME

June 30, 20176 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood watch at Jun 30, 2017, 3:38 AM EDT for 6 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Jun 30, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2017, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 30, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 30, 12:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	36 min
Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	50 min
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland	31 min
Jun 30, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	31 min
Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	25 min
Jun 30, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Maine, 2017 Flash Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2017 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.