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Flood Watch 3, NWS Gray, ME

April 11, 20175 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flood watch at Apr 11, 2017, 12:19 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2017, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2017, 8:09 PM EDT
In force
24 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, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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 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 flood watch went out at Apr 11, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 2:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXSomerset65 hr
Apr 11, 2:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXKennebec47 hr
Apr 11, 2:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXKennebec71 hr
Apr 11, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton, Sullivan34 min
Apr 11, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll34 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Maine, 2017Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2017Every 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.