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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME

April 15, 2019Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It took effect at Apr 16, 2019, 9:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2019, 9:40 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
35 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 18:51 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). The gauge peaked at 11.37 ft at Apr 16, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT.

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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.

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 WarningGYXSomerset48 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.