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Flood Watch 5, NWS Gray, ME

May 5, 201710 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flood watch at May 5, 2017, 3:02 PM EDT for 10 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It took effect at May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2017, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 6, 2017, 2:42 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity
None

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:49 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX3 days

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.