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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

April 30, 2023Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2023, 12:01 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at May 1, 2023, 12:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2023, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2023, 12:38 AM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2023, 9:39 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 10.77 ft at May 1, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01055000, 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 Apr 30, 10:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 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, 3:25 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	29 hr
Apr 30, 3:30 AM EDT	Storm Warning	GYX		27 hr
Apr 30, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	46 hr
Apr 30, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland	42 hr
Apr 30, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack	4 days
Apr 30, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	27 hr
Apr 30, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Grafton	24 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.