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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

July 17, 2021Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this areal flood warning at Jul 17, 2021, 10:42 PM EDT for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 17, 2021, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 17, 8:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 8:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:10 PM EDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
310 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-NHZ001>010-013-014-181915-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford-
Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York-
Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-
Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Interior Cumberland Highlands-Northern Coos-Southern Coos-
Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-
Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Interior Rockingham-
Coastal Rockingham-
310 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine,
southwest Maine, west central Maine, western Maine, central New
Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NHZ011-012-015-181915-
Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough-Western And Central Hillsborough-
310 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for New Hampshire and southern
New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated strong thunderstorms are possible early this evening with
locally heavy rain. More numerous showers and downpours are expected
Tonight into Sunday. Localized flooding is possible in persistent
downpours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-181915-
Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM-
Penobscot Bay-
Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM-
Casco Bay-
Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
25 NM-
310 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
805 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2021

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

0800 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SE KEENE              42.93N 72.27W
07/17/2021  M0.97 INCH       CHESHIRE           NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OBSERVER REPORTED 0.97 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1
            HOUR AND SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON VALLEY
            ST.

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 17, 9:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, York3 hr
Jul 18, 9:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo3 hr
Jul 18, 10:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc84 min
Jul 17, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXHillsborough42 min
Jul 18, 12:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXCheshire, Hillsborough4 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCheshire, Hillsborough2 hr
Jul 18, 5:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham34 min
Jul 18, 6:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXCheshire, Hillsborough6 hr
Jul 18, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham26 min
Jul 18, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGYXCheshire30 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2021Every areal flood warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.