An area of thunderstorms in Northern Oxford County produced 2 to 4 inches of rain in 3 hours causing the Swift River at Roxbury to rise above the 7 foot flood stage. 03 feet resulting in only a brief period of minor flooding.
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An area of thunderstorms in Northern Oxford County produced 2 to 4 inches of rain in 3 hours causing the Swift River at Roxbury to rise above the 7 foot flood stage. The river crested at 8.03 feet resulting in only a brief period of minor flooding.
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 Sep 13, 6:20 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 720 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND MOVES OFFSHORE SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... 715 PM...LOOKS LIKE BACK OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LVL WAVE TRACKING NE ACROSS THE AREA IS EXITING NE...AND WILL MOVE OUT OF CWA BY ~02Z. UPPER LVL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT...AND COULD SET OFF A FEW ISOL SHRA...ESPECIALLY IN NRN ZONES. TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO COOL DOWN...BUT LINGERING CLOUDINESS WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM DROPPING OFF MUCH BLO 50 IN THE N AND IN THE LOW-MID 50S SOUTH. PREVIOUSLY...THE UPPER TROF AND ASSOC COLD FRONT ARE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ATTM. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTBLTY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE SCT SHWRS THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME WILL HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AN ISOLD TSTM ALSO CAN'T BE RULED OUT INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BY LATER THIS EVENING A NWLY SFC FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHILE THE UPPER TROF SETTLES OVER THE AREA BY MORNING. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL SLOWLY FILTER INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WITH MOST OF THE SHWR ACTVTY DIMINISHING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... SATURDAY THE UPPER TROF OVER THE REGION WILL SLOLY BE LIFTING OUT TO THE NE BUT STILL THE RISK OF A FEW INSTBLTY SHWRS ARE PSBL IN THE MTNS DUE TO THE COLD POOL ALOFT WITH THE ASSOC TROF. OTHERWISE DOWNSLOPING WINDS WILL BRING SOME SUNSHINE BACK TO THE REGION ELSEWHERE WITH SEASONAL TEMPS AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS. SAT NIGHT CONDS BECOME CLEAR AS HIGH PRES SETTLES OVER THE REGION. USED A BLEND OF THE MAV/MET GUID FOR MAX TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE FLOW REGIME THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH ALTERNATING PERIODS OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WARM/COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF POTENTIAL HIGH QPF EVENTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FIRST COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE NEXT FRONT IN THE FORM OF A WARM FRONT LOOKS TO APPROACH THU/FRI WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /23Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHORT TERM...MVFR CONDS IN SCT SHWRS THRU THE EVENING OTRW VFR CONDS EXPECTED. VFR CONDS EXPECTED SAT INTO SAT NIGHT. LONG TERM...MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...WINDS AND SEAS TO REMAIN BLO SCA CRIT THRU SAT NIGHT. LONG TERM...SOME SCA POTENTIAL ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...CEMPA SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION... MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 246 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-141900- 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- 246 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-141900- 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- 246 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
231 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
MEZ023-NHZ010-013-014-131900-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-STRAFFORD-
231 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT STRAFFORD COUNTY...ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY AND YORK COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 230 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE NEDDICK TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH
HAMPTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF DOVER TO 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBURYPORT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER
OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GREAT BAY
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...VAUGHAN WOODS STATE PARK...SOUTH
ELIOT...NORTH BERWICK...ELIOT...SOUTH
HAMPTON...SEABROOK...RYE...PORTSMOUTH AND NORTH HAMPTON THROUGH 300
PM EDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL PONDING IN STREETS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4328 7078 4331 7074 4329 7056 4326 7058
4322 7056 4318 7060 4316 7059 4315 7061
4307 7066 4302 7072 4287 7081 4286 7086
4288 7092 4286 7098
LEGROSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
400 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
MEZ012-018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-132045-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR
CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-INTERIOR YORK-SOUTHERN
OXFORD-STRAFFORD-
400 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT STRAFFORD COUNTY...OXFORD
COUNTY...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...YORK COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 358 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMERICK TO SPRINGVALE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EAST ROCHESTER TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER TO NEWFIELDS TO 2 MILES
SOUTH OF KENSINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
OSSIPEE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANFORD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROCHESTER TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DURHAM TO
6 MILES SOUTH OF EXETER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GONIC...EAST
ROCHESTER...WEST NEWFIELD...EMERY
MILLS...SHAPLEIGH...NEWFIELD...KEZAR FALLS...ACTON...ROCHESTER AND
MADBURY THROUGH 445 PM EDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL PONDING IN STREETS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 4288 7104 4303 7107 4333 7100 4345 7092
4380 7093 4394 7033 4356 7037 4333 7055
4313 7061 4296 7076
LEGROSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
455 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
MEZ018-019-023-024-132130-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR YORK-
455 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013
...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT YORK COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 454 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HOLLIS TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALFRED TO 6 MILES EAST OF KITTERY...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS
IN AND AROUND LYMAN...YORK...OGUNQUIT...CAPE
NEDDICK...DAYTON...WELLS...HOLLIS...GOODWINS MILLS...BAR MILLS AND
KENNEBUNK THROUGH 530 PM EDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL PONDING IN STREETS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4369 7071 4377 7027 4355 7026 4355 7028
4352 7031 4353 7035 4350 7038 4346 7037
4344 7033 4339 7041 4335 7042 4331 7055
4326 7058 4322 7056 4314 7061 4312 7071
LEGROThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced 2 to 4 inches of rain in 3 hours sending the Swift River at Roxbury (flood stage 7.0 ft), above flood stage. The river crested at 8.03 feet after a brief period of minor flooding.
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