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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Gray, ME

April 15, 2019Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 15, 2019, 11:40 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2019, 11:40 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2019, 2:46 PM EDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 Skowhegan (SKOM1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:36 AM EDTGale WarningGYX36 hr
Apr 15, 2:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXKennebec54 hr
Apr 15, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire36 min
Apr 15, 8:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton7 hr
Apr 15, 11:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton, Sullivan8 hr
Apr 15, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXCoos68 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.