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Gale Warning 36, NWS Gray, ME

December 1, 2020

NWS Gray, ME issued this gale warning at Dec 1, 2020, 3:18 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2020, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2020, 3:13 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 1, 3:07 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 3:07 AM EST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 3:14 AM EST, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:39 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
939 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 N SACO                43.54N 70.45W
11/30/2020                   YORK               ME   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE ACROSS ROADWAY. REPORTED AT JENKINS RD,
            SACO, ME.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:40 PM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
940 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0934 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 NW SOUTH WINDHAM      43.77N 70.48W
11/30/2020                   CUMBERLAND         ME   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY. REPORTED AT 59
            NORTH GORHAM RD, GORHAM, ME.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:41 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
941 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NE GRAY               43.90N 70.31W
11/30/2020  M2.04 INCH       CUMBERLAND         ME   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:42 PM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
942 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W POWNAL              43.89N 70.25W
11/30/2020  M1.88 INCH       CUMBERLAND         ME   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:49 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
949 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0849 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST CAPE ELIZABETH          43.56N 70.20W
11/30/2020  M63 MPH          CUMBERLAND         ME   PUBLIC

            MEASURED AT DYER POINT ON DEPLOYED TEMPORARY
            TRIPOD.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 30, 10:07 PM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1007 PM EST MON NOV 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW PORTLAND          43.71N 70.29W
11/30/2020                   CUMBERLAND         ME   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGE LIMB AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ALPINE
            RD.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 8:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	6 hr
Nov 30, 11:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	11 hr
Dec 1, 3:17 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	11 hr
Dec 1, 8:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Somerset	25 hr
Dec 1, 9:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		66 hr
Dec 1, 1:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	29 hr
Nov 30, 8:26 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Sullivan	3 hr
Nov 30, 9:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	9 hr
Dec 1, 1:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Carroll	13 hr
Dec 1, 7:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	6 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Maine, 2020 Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

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