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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2024, 1:22 AM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine; Coos 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
- Jul 11, 2024, 1:22 AM EDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2024, 4:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Coos County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 Jul 10, 11:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 NHZ010-012>014-111900- Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- Coastal Rockingham- 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ007>009-012>014-033-NHZ001>006-111900- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford- Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior Cumberland Highlands- Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll- Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll- 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, west central Maine, western Maine and northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon 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...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ008-009-011-015-111900- Interior York-Central Interior Cumberland-Coastal York- Coastal Cumberland-Merrimack-Belknap-Cheshire- Western And Central Hillsborough- 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, southwest Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MEZ020>022-025>028-NHZ007-111900- Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox- Coastal Waldo-Sullivan- 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, southwest Maine and central New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150>154-111900- 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- 255 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 9:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 51 hr | |
| Jul 11, 1:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Somerset | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 9:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | York | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Coos, Grafton | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 2:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Coos, Grafton | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Grafton | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Carroll, Coos, Grafton | 116 min |
| Jul 11, 8:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GYX | Coos, Grafton | 68 hr |
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Flash Flood Warnings in Maine, 2024Flash Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2024Every flash flood warning in 2024
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.