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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Gray, ME

November 3, 2018Merrimack County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Nov 3, 2018, 12:32 PM EDT for Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Nov 3, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2018, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2018, 3:00 PM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Merrimack County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Warner River at Davisville (DAVN3). The gauge peaked at 8.43 ft at Nov 3, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01086000, 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 Nov 3, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 3, 7:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 3, 9:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 12:11 AM EDTFlood WatchGYXCumberland, York11 hr
Nov 3, 3:55 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more15 hr
Nov 3, 3:55 AM EDTWind AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more18 hr
Nov 3, 7:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, York3 hr
Nov 3, 3:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton9 hr
Nov 3, 4:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford4 hr
Nov 3, 6:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXMerrimack39 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.