Low pressure moved northeast from the Ohio River Valley and into New England, spreading heavy rain over the region. Rainfall began on the afternoon of the 28th and ended during the evening of the 29th.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Low pressure moved northeast from the Ohio River Valley and into New England, spreading heavy rain over the region. Rainfall began on the afternoon of the 28th and ended during the evening of the 29th. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches causing minor flooding on the Ellis, Swift, Androscoggin, and Kennebec Rivers.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 29, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 311 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRES WILL RACE THROUGH EASTERN MAINE TONIGHT. HIHG PRES WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE MID ATLC REGION WED AND THU. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE S THU NIGHT...FRI AND FRI NIGHT. LOW PRES WILL PASS JUST S OF THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... CONVECTIVE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TAKING ONE LAST SWIPE AT OUR FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EMBEDDED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL...SO THERE COULD BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER THROUGH SUNSET. COOLING TOPS OCCURRING WITH EXITING SYSTEM. BEST TAPING OF HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HAVE SHIFTED TO THE EAST...BUT BANDS OF +RA WILL CONTINUE WITHIN STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS. BEST MID LEVEL FRONTOGENTIC FORCING SHIFTS TO OUR EASTERNMOST COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EXPECT A QUICK INCH OR TWO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL NEAR THE KENNEBEC AND PENOBSCOT RIVER VALLEY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 5 INCHES TO A FEW COMMUNITIES. MANY OF THE LARGE STEM RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. AREAS OF FOG EARLY...SHOULD DIMINISH AS THE WIND SHIFT TO THE WNW CONTINUES. PATCHY FOG TO CONTINUE NEAR THE PENOBSCOT RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/... PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY...WITH CU BUILDING AT TIMES. EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN UPSLOPE FLOW. STAYED CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRES WILL BE SETTLED OVER THE AREA WED NIGHT AND THU BUT BY FRI THE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF TO THE E AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W BUT STALLS WELL TO THE W AND S OF THE REGION. THIS WILL SET UP A COOL DAMP ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SOME LIGHT OVERUNNING RAIN AT TIMES. THIS IS ALL A BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT THE MODELS WERE SHOWING YESTERDAY DUE TO THE FACT THEY WERE DEVELOPING A LARGE CLOSED LOW S OF NOVA SCOTIA TO KEEP OUR REGION IN THE DRY WEDGE UNDER A NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW...NOW THE MODELS ARE NO LONGER DEVELOPING THE CLOSED LOW THUS ALLOWING THE MOISTURE WITH THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT TO MOVE FURTHER N INTO OUR AREA. ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE MODELS FOR THE WEEKEND SO STAY TUNED. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHORT TERM...IFR OR LIFR CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING TO MVFR OR VFR. MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THU BUT POSSIBLE MVFR OR EVEN IFR CONDITIONS TOWARD THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE... GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO OVER EASTERNMOST PORTIONS OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. WILL MOST LIKELY ISSUE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AT 4 PM AND MAY BE ABLE DOWNGRADE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AS THE WIND SHIFT CONTINUES TO PRESS EAST. SEAS TO REMAIN HIGH TONIGHT...BEFORE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE TOWARDS MORNING. .LONG TERM...NO FLAGS EXPECTED WED NIGHT THRU FRI BUT SEAS MAY BUILD OVER THE WEEKEND AS A PERSISTENT E FLOW DEVELOPS. && .HYDROLOGY... HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTAL WE HAVE HAD SO FAR WAS IN BRUNSWICK AT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN. HOWEVER...THIS WAS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OVER EASTERNMOST PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. MOST OTHER AREAS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS WILL TOP OUT AT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ150>154. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 202 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-301815- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 202 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANKFUL OR IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH...SERVERAL IN FLOOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-301815- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 202 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan, (flood stage 35,000 cfs), which crested at 69,000 cfs.
Heavy rain caused a brief period of minor flooding on the Swift River at Roxbury, (flood stage 7.0 ft.), which crested at 7.57 ft.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Kennebec River at Augusta, (flood stage 12.0 ft.), which crested at 18.42 ft.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Ellis River in South Andover, (flood stage 16.0 ft.), which crested at 16.28 ft.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Kennebec River at North Sidney, (flood stage 17.0 ft.), which crested at 22.08 ft.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Androscoggin River at Auburn, (flood stage 13.0 ft.), which crested at 13.69 ft.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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