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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Gray, ME

December 12, 2024Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2024, 1:24 AM EST for Oxford County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 12, 2024, 1:57 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2024, 1:24 AM EST (06:24 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 12, 2024, 1:57 AM EST
Expired
Dec 12, 2024, 6:47 AM EST
In force
5 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 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Swift River at Roxbury (ROXM1). The gauge peaked at 7.61 ft at Dec 12, 2024, 3:00 AM EST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 9:32 PM ESTGale WarningGYX13 hr
Dec 12, 2:23 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX49 hr
Dec 12, 6:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford5 hr
Dec 12, 12:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo51 min
Dec 11, 9:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton9 hr
Dec 12, 7:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGYXBelknap, Grafton5 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.