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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Gray, ME

August 8, 2023Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2023, 10:46 AM EDT for Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. 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: Aug 8, 2023, 10:46 AM EDT (14:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2023, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

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 Aug 8, 10:45 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 10:45 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 10:25 AM EDT, 21 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
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, 10:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset	5 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.