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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME

May 1, 2023Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2023, 8:36 AM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at May 1, 2023, 11:45 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2023, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2023, 11:45 AM EDT
Expired: May 2, 2023, 11:46 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sandy River (ME) at Mercer (MERM1). The gauge peaked at 14.52 ft at May 1, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01048000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 1, 7:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 7:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 8:12 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:13 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:15 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:17 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:18 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:23 AM EDT, 13 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
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	4 days
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	55 hr
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Sagadahoc	60 hr
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Somerset	5 days
Apr 30, 11:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	29 hr
May 1, 2:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	9 hr
May 1, 4:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	10 hr
May 1, 4:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	6 hr
May 1, 4:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	6 hr
May 1, 5:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more	6 hr
May 1, 6:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	3 hr
May 1, 6:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		4 days
May 1, 6:49 AM EDT	Storm Warning	GYX		3 hr
May 1, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	5 hr
May 1, 11:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	6 hr
May 1, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	17 hr
May 1, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	48 hr
May 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	15 hr
May 1, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more	11 hr
May 1, 4:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 3 more	5 hr
May 1, 9:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	5 hr
May 1, 11:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Merrimack	17 hr

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.