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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Gray, ME

August 4, 2024Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2024, 12:39 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Rockingham 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 4, 2024, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2024, 3:27 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hillsborough County, NH, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 4, 9:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 9:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:19 AM EDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
419 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2024

MEZ018-NHZ010-012-013-050830-
Interior York-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-
419 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Maine, central New
Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A couple of storms could become strong to marginally severe with
gusty to locally damaging wind gusts. In addition, moisture remains
very high across the region, and localized flooding is possible with
slow-moving showers and storms or for those who receive multiple
rounds of showers and storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hot and humid conditions continue into Monday with heat index values
in the low to mid 90s possible. A cold front will also bring the
potential for strong to severe storms during the day on Monday with
damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall as the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

MEZ007>009-012>014-019>028-033-NHZ001>009-011-014-015-050830-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford-
Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Central Interior Cumberland-
Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-
Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-Interior Cumberland Highlands-
Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-
Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-
Cheshire-Coastal Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough-
419 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine,
southwest Maine, west central Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire,
central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New
Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A couple of storms could become strong to marginally severe with
gusty to locally damaging wind gusts. In addition, moisture remains
very high across the region, and localized flooding is possible with
slow-moving showers and storms or for those who receive multiple
rounds of showers and storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

A cold front will also bring the potential for strong to severe
storms during the day on Monday with damaging winds and locally
heavy rainfall as the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

ANZ150>154-050830-
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-
419 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A couple of storms could produce gusty winds this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Strong, offshore-moving thunderstorms are possible Monday afternoon
and evening as a cold front crosses the region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCumberland, York2 hr
Aug 4, 7:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXCumberland, York2 hr
Aug 4, 8:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc2 hr
Aug 4, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset35 min
Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset43 min
Aug 4, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset22 min
Aug 4, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin40 min
Aug 4, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Somerset53 min
Aug 4, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford33 min
Aug 4, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec43 min
Aug 4, 7:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXFranklin2 hr
Aug 4, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset58 min
Aug 4, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXBelknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford119 min
Aug 4, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXHillsborough, Rockingham20 min
Aug 4, 1:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXRockingham119 min
Aug 4, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXHillsborough, Rockingham42 min
Aug 4, 1:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXRockingham95 min
Aug 4, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos36 min
Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos43 min
Aug 4, 2:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXCoos105 min
Aug 4, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton30 min
Aug 4, 4:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXGrafton3 hr
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton58 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton52 min
Aug 4, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton48 min

Nearby

Flash 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.