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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME

April 27, 2018Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2018, 11:55 AM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 27, 2018, 12:40 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2018, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2018, 12:40 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2018, 8:16 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Kennebec County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 Kennebec River at Augusta (ASTM1).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01049320, 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 Apr 27, 9:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 9:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:14 AM EDT, 8 hours 41 minutes before
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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 11:33 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasGYX31 hr
Apr 27, 11:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXCoos5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 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.