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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Gray, ME

September 18, 2018Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Sep 18, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Sep 18, 2018, 12:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2018, 12:51 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2018, 2:22 PM EDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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 Souhegan River at Milford (MFDN3). The gauge peaked at 9.16 ft at Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01093852, 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 Sep 18, 9:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 9:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 3:18 AM EDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
318 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018

MEZ018-023-NHZ007-008-010>015-190730-
Interior York-Coastal York-Sullivan-Merrimack-Strafford-Cheshire-
Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham-
Western And Central Hillsborough-
318 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

The remnants of Florence are forecast to move through New England
today and exit the region by this evening. A stripe of heavy
rainfall is likely across southern New Hampshire and extreme
southwest Maine today with rainfall mainly in the 1-2 inch range
with some locally higher amounts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

MEZ007>009-012>014-019>022-024>028-NHZ001>006-009-190730-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford-
Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-
Kennebec-Interior Waldo-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-
Coastal Waldo-Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-
Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Belknap-
318 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-190730-
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-
318 AM EDT Tue Sep 18 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

The remnants of tropical system Florence are expected to pass south
of the waters today. Strongest winds are expected to remain south of
the coastal waters, but some heavy rain may result in very low
visibility south of Cape Elizabeth.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 9:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 9:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXYork3 hr
Sep 18, 3:21 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX21 hr
Sep 18, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXKennebec, Knox, Somerset, Waldo100 min
Sep 18, 7:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXHillsborough, Rockingham3 hr
Sep 18, 8:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXCheshire, Hillsborough, Rockingham6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2018Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.