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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Gray, ME

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

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2021, 10:45 PM 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 8:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 0.972 Se Keene, NHOBSERVER REPORTED 0.97 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR AND SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON VALLEY ST.
Jul 17, 9:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ssw Dublin, NHLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT MAIN STREET IN DUBLIN NEAR DUBLIN POND IS FLOODED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD AND THAT VEHICLES ARE STALLED OUT.
Jul 17, 9:17 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ese Keene, NHLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A PORTION OF ROXBURY STREET IN KEENE HAS BEEN WASHED OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WGUS51 KGYX 172345
FFWGYX
NHC005-011-180245-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0006.210717T2345Z-210718T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
745 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Cheshire County in southern New Hampshire...
  Southwestern Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 745 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Keene, Jaffrey, Swanzey, Peterborough, Rindge, Winchester, 
  Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, and Lyndeborough.

This includes the following Rec locations...
	Mount Monadnock, North Pack Monadnock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where 
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become 
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or 
creeks.

&&

LAT...LON 4273 7240 4298 7238 4295 7180 4271 7181

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Tubbs
1 follow-up statement
654 
WGUS71 KGYX 180136
FFSGYX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
936 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

NHC005-011-180245-
/O.CON.KGYX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210718T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cheshire NH-Hillsborough NH-
936 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHESHIRESOUTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTIES...

At 936 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported multiple streets 
flooded across Keene and Jaffrey. Up to 3 inches of rain have 
fallen. Although rainfall rates have decreased, additional runoff is 
still expected.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Keene, Jaffrey, Swanzey, Peterborough, Rindge, Winchester, 
  Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, and Lyndeborough.

This includes the following Rec locations...
	Mount Monadnock, North Pack Monadnock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where 
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become 
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or 
creeks.

&&

LAT...LON 4273 7240 4298 7238 4295 7180 4271 7181

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

Tubbs

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.