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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 8, 2019Knox County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2019, 9:21 AM EDT for Knox County, Maine. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2019, 9:21 AM EDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2019, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

County Knox County, ME

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 6:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 7:21 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:21 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	7 hr
Aug 7, 10:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	York	6 hr
Aug 8, 1:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo	3 hr
Aug 8, 4:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Knox, Lincoln, Waldo	115 min
Aug 8, 2:47 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	GYX		14 hr
Aug 7, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap, Rockingham	60 min
Aug 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	36 min
Aug 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Hillsborough	27 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	26 min
Aug 8, 6:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire	3 hr
Aug 8, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Hillsborough	29 min
Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Strafford	24 min
Aug 8, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Rockingham	23 min
Aug 8, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Rockingham	39 min
Aug 8, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	50 min
Aug 8, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Rockingham	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maine, 2019 Every special weather statement 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.