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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Gray, ME

July 8, 2023Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2023, 1:54 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 4 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 8, 2023, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2023, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 8, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 2:20 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	49 min
Jul 8, 3:09 PM EDT	Flood Watch	GYX	Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford	64 hr
Jul 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 8, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Coos, Grafton	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Grafton	5 hr
Jul 8, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Coos	92 min
Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Cheshire, Merrimack, Sullivan	114 min
Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan	103 min
Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	107 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 2023 Every flash flood warning 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.