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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2023, 10:11 AM EDT for Franklin County, Kennebec County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 8, 2023, 10:11 AM EDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Aug 8, 7:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 333 AM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-NHZ001>006-009-010-012>014-090745- 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- Belknap-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- Coastal Rockingham- 333 AM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NHZ007-008-011-015-090745- Sullivan-Merrimack-Cheshire-Western And Central Hillsborough- 333 AM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for New Hampshire, central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue today with a few strong to severe storms possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150>154-090745- 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- 333 AM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 7:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 22 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, York | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 95 min | |
| Aug 8, 12:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, York | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 41 min | |
| Aug 8, 1:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc, York | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, York | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 13 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Rockingham, Strafford | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 44 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.