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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Gray, ME

May 1, 2020Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2020, 1:49 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at May 1, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2020, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT
Expired
May 1, 2020, 8:16 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 7.24 ft at May 1, 2020, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
9.5 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01055000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.