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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Gray, ME

April 12, 2017Androscoggin County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2017, 11:32 AM EDT for Androscoggin County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 12, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2017, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Androscoggin County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 river

Written for the forecast point Androscoggin River at Auburn (AUBM1). The gauge peaked at 12.60 ft at Apr 12, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01059000, 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 Apr 12, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 10:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 2:58 AM EDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
258 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2017

MEZ018-019-022>028-NHZ001-007>015-130700-
Interior York-Interior Cumberland-Interior Waldo-Coastal York-
Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Northern Coos-Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-
Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham-
Western And Central Hillsborough-
258 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ007>009-012>014-020-021-NHZ002>006-130700-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford-
Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Androscoggin-Kennebec-
Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-
Southern Carroll-
258 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2017

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine,
southwest Maine, west central Maine, western Maine 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.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-130700-
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-
Casco Bay-
Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
25 NM-
258 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 9:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXCoos72 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2017Every 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.