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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gray, ME

May 14, 20236 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this beach hazards statement at May 14, 2023, 3:20 AM EDT for 6 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at May 14, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2023, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 14, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at May 13, 6:51 PM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:51 PM EDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:09 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX31 hr
May 14, 3:20 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryGYXOxford16 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Maine, 2023Beach Hazards Statements in New Hampshire, 2023Every beach hazards statement in 2023

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.