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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Gray, ME

December 26, 2020Androscoggin County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2020, 6:12 AM EST for Androscoggin County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 26, 2020, 9:24 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2020, 6:12 AM EST (11:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2020, 9:24 AM EST
Expired
Dec 27, 2020, 4:42 AM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Androscoggin County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Androscoggin River at Auburn (AUBM1). The gauge peaked at 13.99 ft at Dec 26, 2020, 1:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01059000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 25, 6:26 PM EST, 11 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:26 PM EST, 11 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 3:27 PM EST, 14 hours 45 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:46 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXMerrimack10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maine, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.