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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME

March 17, 2026Belknap County, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2026, 6:59 AM EDT for Belknap County, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Mar 17, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2026, 6:59 AM EDT (10:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Belknap County, NH, Merrimack County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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 river

Written for the forecast point Suncook River at North Chichester (NCHN3). The gauge peaked at 6.78 ft at Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01089500, 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
Mar 17, 6:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford11 hr
Mar 17, 6:25 AM EDTGale WarningGYX18 hr
Mar 17, 6:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX43 hr
Mar 17, 3:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGYXGrafton13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Hampshire, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.