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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Gray, ME

July 17, 2018York County, Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood watch at Jul 17, 2018, 2:58 AM EDT for York County, Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Jul 17, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2018, 2:58 AM EDT (06:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2018, 5:06 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Flood severity: None

Counties York County, ME, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 17, 1:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:44 PM EDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 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
Jul 17, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	59 min
Jul 17, 7:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	64 min
Jul 17, 11:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 17, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	54 min
Jul 17, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	35 min
Jul 17, 12:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	48 min
Jul 17, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		59 min
Jul 17, 12:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	York	117 min
Jul 17, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		63 min
Jul 17, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		92 min
Jul 17, 3:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	York	2 hr
Jul 17, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Somerset	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	45 min
Jul 16, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	59 min
Jul 16, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Hillsborough	59 min
Jul 17, 7:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sullivan	47 min
Jul 17, 7:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan	37 min
Jul 17, 9:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sullivan	40 min
Jul 17, 10:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sullivan	43 min
Jul 17, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan	61 min
Jul 17, 10:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	66 min
Jul 17, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Hillsborough	37 min
Jul 17, 11:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	56 min
Jul 17, 11:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	3 hr
Jul 17, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	2 hr
Jul 17, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Hillsborough	26 min
Jul 17, 12:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	3 hr
Jul 17, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Rockingham	61 min
Jul 17, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford	2 hr
Jul 17, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	23 min
Jul 17, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in New Hampshire, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Maine, 2018 Every flash flood watch 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.