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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Gray, ME

October 27, 2017Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Oct 27, 2017, 1:37 AM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 27, 2017, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2017, 9:17 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 8.02 ft at Oct 27, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01055000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Oct 26, 10:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 10:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 26, 9:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Gray ME
924 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     FLOOD            PORTLAND                43.66N  70.26W
10/26/2017                   CUMBERLAND         ME   SOCIAL MEDIA

            PARK AVENUE IN POTLAND FLOODED

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1704224

BROWN

Local storm report, Oct 26, 9:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Gray ME
926 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     FLOOD            SOUTH PORTLAND          43.64N  70.24W
10/26/2017                   CUMBERLAND         ME   SOCIAL MEDIA

            NUTTER ROAD IN SOUTH PORTLAND FLOODED

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EVENT NUMBER GYX1704225

BROWN

Local storm report, Oct 26, 9:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Gray ME
939 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     FLOOD            WESTBROOK               43.68N  70.37W
10/26/2017                   CUMBERLAND         ME   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING ON CUMBERLAND ST. IN WESTBROOK MAINE.

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EVENT NUMBER GYX1704226

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 9:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 9:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 10:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 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
Oct 26, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	39 min
Oct 26, 8:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	116 min
Oct 26, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	66 min
Oct 26, 8:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	3 hr
Oct 26, 8:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	2 hr
Oct 26, 9:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	117 min
Oct 26, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec	2 hr
Oct 26, 9:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	3 hr
Oct 26, 10:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	3 hr
Oct 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2017 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.