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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Gray, ME

December 18, 2023Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2023, 6:57 AM EST for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 18, 2023, 2:28 PM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2023, 6:57 AM EST (11:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2023, 2:28 PM EST
Expired: Dec 19, 2023, 8:59 PM EST
In force: 31 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 12:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Carrabassett River at North Anson (NANM1).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01047000, 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 Dec 18, 3:32 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:32 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 18, 6:26 AM EST, 31 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
Dec 18, 6:49 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	18 hr
Dec 18, 6:57 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	29 hr
Dec 18, 6:57 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	40 hr
Dec 18, 7:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 18, 8:19 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	York	4 hr
Dec 18, 8:59 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Somerset	5 hr
Dec 18, 9:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	29 hr
Dec 18, 9:42 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 3 more	9 hr
Dec 18, 10:25 AM EST	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	GYX		9 hr
Dec 18, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford	49 hr
Dec 18, 11:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	72 hr
Dec 18, 12:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Somerset	4 days
Dec 18, 12:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	66 hr
Dec 18, 12:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec	3 days
Dec 18, 12:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Kennebec, Sagadahoc	66 hr
Dec 18, 2:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	3 days
Dec 18, 2:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	9 hr
Dec 18, 4:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland	20 hr
Dec 18, 6:37 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	3 hr
Dec 18, 6:01 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	13 hr
Dec 18, 6:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	22 hr
Dec 18, 9:13 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack	21 days
Dec 18, 9:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 3 more	9 hr
Dec 18, 9:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Hillsborough	13 hr
Dec 18, 11:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Rockingham	37 min
Dec 18, 2:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Grafton, Merrimack	6 hr
Dec 18, 2:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Hillsborough	23 hr
Dec 18, 2:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	8 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.