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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Gray, ME

December 21, 2018Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2018, 6:57 PM EST for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 9:32 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2018, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 9:32 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2018, 5:44 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 6.90 ft at Dec 21, 2018, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01055000, 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 Dec 21, 4:02 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 4:02 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 10:07 AM EST, 8 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Gray ME
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

MEZ012>014-018>021-NHZ001-004>013-015-221515-
Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York-
Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Northern Coos-
Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-
Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough-
Interior Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough-
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ022>028-NHZ014-221515-
Interior Waldo-Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-
Knox-Coastal Waldo-Coastal Rockingham-
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST
SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine,
southwest Maine and southern 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.
   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NHZ002-003-221515-
Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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.
   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MEZ007>009-221515-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine and
western Maine.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-221515-
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-
1007 AM EST Fri Dec 21 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.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.

   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 10:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford, Sagadahoc, York	55 min
Dec 21, 2:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
Dec 21, 3:21 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	21 hr
Dec 21, 5:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
Dec 21, 12:45 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan	3 hr
Dec 21, 4:46 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	17 hr
Dec 21, 6:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2018 Every 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.