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 of April 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 of April 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. Flooding on the Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers lasted into May 1st.
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 30, 6:15 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 715 PM EDT WED APR 30 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE LOW PRESSURE ATTEMPTS TO APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... HIGH PRES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. ON CUE...DIURNAL CLOUDS ARE DISSIPATING...WITH ANY SCATTERED SHOWERS ALSO COMING TO AN END. ONLY A SMALL ARE OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS IS EXPECTED TO EEK INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...WITH ELSEWHERE CLEARING OUT. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND TEMPS TO BE RATHER COLD AND GUIDANCE TEMPS HANDLE THIS WELL...WENT WITH A BLEND BETWEEN THE NAM/MAV MOS. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... HIGH PRES CRESTS OVER THE AREA WITH DRY AND MOSUNNY CONDITIONS. TEMPS TO BE IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60. WINDS TO BE LIGHT AND AN AFTERNOON SEABREEZE CANT BE RULED OUT. ONCE AGAIN THE BLEND OF THE MAV/WRF MODELS USED FOR MAX TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS STILL INCONSISTENT WITH SOLUTION FOR THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. HAVE OPTED TO LEAN TOWARD THE ECMWF AND KEEP HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A LOW NUDGES UP AGAINST IT FROM THE WEST. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH AND BRING SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THEN HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO CLEAR THINGS OUT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. STARTED WITH THE GMOS TEMPERATURES AND ADJUSTED A BIT FROM THERE. && .AVIATION /23Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...VFR CONDITIONS. LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT CLOUDS WILL BE TRYING TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...HIGH PRES TO THE S WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT AND THU WITH VERY LITTLE PRES GRADIENT THUS WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT THRU THU. NO FLAGS. LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...NO FLAGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME THROUGH MONDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...APFFEL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 337 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-010745- 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- 337 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANKFUL OR IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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>154-010745- 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- 337 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 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...TODAY 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain at the end of April resulted in flooding on the Androscoggin River at Auburn, (flood stage 13.0 ft.), which crested at 13.69 ft. The river fell below flood stage shortly after midnight on May 1st.
Heavy rain at the end of April caused flooding on the Kennebec River at North Sidney, (flood stage 17.0 ft.), which crested at 22.08 ft. Flooding lasted into mid-morning on May 1st when the river fell below flood stage.
Heavy rain at the end of April caused flooding on the Kennebec River at Augusta, (flood stage 12.0 ft.), which crested at 18.42 ft. Flooding lasted into the evening of May 1st when the river fell below flood stage.
Heavy rain at the end of April caused flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan, (flood stage 35,000 cfs.), which crested at 69,000 cfs. The flooding lasted into the early afternoon of May 1st when the river fell below flood stage.
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