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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2023, 6:05 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine. 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 24, 2023, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2023, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 24, 3:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:05 PM EDT, 3 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 305 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 MEZ007-008-012-013-018>020-033-NHZ001>013-015-251915- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin- Interior York-Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin- Interior Cumberland Highlands-Northern Coos-Southern Coos- Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll- Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough- Interior Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough- 305 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, southwest Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will develop through this evening. There is potential for a few storms to become strong to severe with gusty winds and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. The combination of temperatures of 90-95 and dew points in the low 70s have the potential to bring heat indices into the lower to mid 90s on Thursday and Friday. Thursday it will be more focused on southern NH and interior southern ME, spreading north and east on Friday. An approaching cold front could bring strong to severe storms late Friday into Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ014-021>028-NHZ014-251915- Southern Somerset-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-Coastal York- Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Coastal Rockingham- 305 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, southwest Maine and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. The combination of temperatures of 90-95 and dew points in the low 70s have the potential to bring heat indices into the lower to mid 90s on Thursday and Friday. Thursday it will be more focused on southern NH and interior southern ME, spreading north and east on Friday. An approaching cold front could bring strong to severe storms late Friday into Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ009-251915- Central Somerset- 305 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. An approaching cold front could bring strong to severe storms late Friday into Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ150>154-251915- 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- 305 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 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...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:50 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
550 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023
MEZ012-013-020-242230-
Southern Oxford ME-Androscoggin ME-Southern Franklin ME-
550 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Oxford,
north central Androscoggin and southeastern Franklin Counties through
630 PM EDT...
At 549 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Canton, or 13 miles east of Rumford, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Jay, Dixfield, Canton, Wilton, Livermore, Hartford and Peru.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4444 7042 4453 7042 4463 7023 4443 7018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 253DEG 7KT 4450 7035
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Hillsborough | 46 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.