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Coastal Flood Statement 19, NWS Gray, ME

December 22, 2018York County, Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this coastal flood statement at Dec 22, 2018, 5:40 PM EST for York County, Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 22, 2018, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2018, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2018, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2018, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Dec 22, 5:07 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:07 PM EST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:17 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 22, 12:20 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 1:43 PM EST, 3 hours 57 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
Dec 21, 7:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	3 hr
Dec 21, 8:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	6 hr
Dec 22, 12:42 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		35 hr
Dec 22, 3:15 AM EST	Gale Warning	GYX		23 hr
Dec 22, 5:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Somerset	5 hr
Dec 21, 8:04 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Carroll	11 hr
Dec 21, 9:07 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Sullivan	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	17 hr
Dec 22, 3:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Merrimack	11 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Maine, 2018 Coastal Flood Statements in New Hampshire, 2018 Every coastal flood statement in 2018

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.