Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding of small rivers and streams in the Bingham and Norridgewock areas of Somerset County. 00.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding of small rivers and streams in the Bingham and Norridgewock areas of Somerset County. Total damages reached $274,000.00.
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 Jun 26, 2:08 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 308 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND REACH THE COAST SATURDAY MORNING. AN ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH WILL BRIEFLY STALL OVER NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH MID TO LATE IN THE WORKWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #515 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM EDT FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AWAY FROM THE COAST. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH SOME DEGREE OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG/DRIZZLE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... MORNING FOG WILL GIVE WAY TO ANOTHER WARM/STICKY/UNSTABLE DAY WITH CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS AND AGAIN A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LATEST SPC FORECAST SHOWS US IN THE GENERAL THUNDERSTORM AREA. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... USED EARLY HPC GUIDANCE FOR LONG TERM IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS AFTERNOONS SEVERE WEATHER. BRIEF GLANCE AT 12Z MODEL SOLUTIONS DIDNT REVEAL ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO PREVIOUS THINKING. FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...THE CLOSED LOW OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL MEANDER SOUTH...STALLING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND THROUGH SUNDAY. POPS LOOK HIGHEST OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT THE ENTIRE REGION WILL SEE A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AS THIS SYSTEM LINGERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODEL AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY IS GOOD WITH THE NAM OFFERING THE SOUTHERNMOST SOLUTION...WENT WITH A MAV/MET BLEND FOR TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A SECOND DEEP CLOSED LOW. GFS/ECMWF AGREE WITH THIS SYSTEM STALLING EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY...SUGGESTING MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED DUE TO PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AREAS OF MVFR IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN THIS EVENING WITH CONDITIONS LOWERING TO IFR/LIFR IN LOW CLOUDS/FOG/DRIZZLE...AND IMPROVE TO MVFR WITH AREAS OF VFR ON SATURDAY. LONG TERM SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...DAYTIME AREAS OF VFR WITH LOCAL MVFR IN ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AND OVERNIGHT AREAS OF IFR/LIFR IN LOW CLOUDS/FOG/DRIZZLE. && .MARINE...SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY BELOW SCA CRITERIA EXCEPT FOR SOME SEAS APPROACHING 3 TO 5 FT OVER THE OUTER WATERS ON SAT. LONG TERM...SAT THROUGH WED...MOSTLY BELOW SCA CRITERIA EXCEPT FOR SEAS APPROACHING 3 TO 5 FT OVER THE OUTER WATERS SUN THROUGH MON AND AGAIN TUE THROUGH WED. && .HYDROLOGY... SOME FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BEING ISSUED WHERE SOME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS PRODUCED QUITE A BIT OR RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SEE LATEST FFWGYX FOR DETAILS. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1237 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-028-NHZ001>009-271645- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- 1237 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 515 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND AREAS OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ018-019-023>027-NHZ010-013-014-271645- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 1237 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND AREAS OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-271645- 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- 1237 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 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 STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MARINE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1056 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 MEZ012>014-018>028-NHZ003>010-013-014-262100- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD... SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1056 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... ALL OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD BE BE PREPARED AND ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RECREATIONAL BOATERS ON THE LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-002-262100- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 1056 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... ALL OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD BE BE PREPARED AND ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RECREATIONAL BOATERS ON THE LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS WHEN THREATENING STORMS APPROACH. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. MARINE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1142 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 MEZ007-008-NHZ001-261645- NORTHERN COOS-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN OXFORD- 1142 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 1245 PM EDT... AT 1142 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN PLANTATION...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF RANGELEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LINCOLN PLANTATION... WILSONS MILLS...DAVIS AND OQUOSSOC THROUGH 1245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MARINE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
309 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0212 PM HAIL 5 WSW NORTHWOOD 43.18N 71.24W
06/26/2009 E1.25 INCH ROCKINGHAM NH PUBLIC
HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN DEERFIELD.
0228 PM HAIL 3 SSE CARRABASSETT VALL 45.04N 70.19W
06/26/2009 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN ME PUBLIC
NICKEL HAIL BETWEEN CARRABASSETT VALLEY AND KINGFIELD.
0230 PM HAIL 2 SW ALTON 43.43N 71.24W
06/26/2009 E0.88 INCH BELKNAP NH PUBLIC
PENNY TO NICKEL HAIL IN ALTON.
0230 PM HAIL 1 SSE STRAFFORD 43.31N 71.17W
06/26/2009 E0.75 INCH STRAFFORD NH PUBLIC
PENNY HAIL IN STRAFFORD.
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE DOVER 43.25N 70.80W
06/26/2009 YORK ME PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN IN SOUTH BERWICK.
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DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
320 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL N ACTON 43.54N 70.91W
06/26/2009 E1.75 INCH YORK ME PUBLIC
GOLF BALL HAIL IN ACTON.
0306 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW BRYANT POND 44.33N 70.68W
06/26/2009 OXFORD ME AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN ON WIRES IN GREENWOOD.
0306 PM TSTM WND DMG SHAPLEIGH 43.54N 70.85W
06/26/2009 YORK ME PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN IN SHAPLEIGH.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
324 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0254 PM HAIL 3 SE WAKEFIELD 43.54N 70.99W
06/26/2009 E0.75 INCH CARROLL NH PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN SANBORNVILLE.
&&
DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
354 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE LINCOLN PLANTATIO 44.91N 70.88W
06/26/2009 OXFORD ME CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN T4R2
TOWNSHIP WEST OF OQUOSSOC.
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DSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding on small rivers and streams in the Bingham area.
Heavy rain caused flooding on small rivers and streams in the Norridgewock area.
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