A slow moving cold front spread rain across the region during the evening hours of May 16th. The rain continued through the night and ended by noon on the 17th.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
A slow moving cold front spread rain across the region during the evening hours of May 16th. The rain continued through the night and ended by noon on the 17th. In general 2 to 3 inches of rain fell with a maximum of 3.41 inches reported in the mountains of Maine. This caused minor flooding on the Kennebec and Swift 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 May 17, 8:36 AM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
936 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.
THIS FRONT WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY IN EASTERN MAINE. UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE OVERHEAD BY MONDAY AND REMAIN
NEAR THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK RESULTING IN AN UNSETTLED WEATHER.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATE...HAVE UPDATE FORECAST POPS AND TEMPS. PRECIPITATION ENDING
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND CLOUDS CLEARING ALSO IN SW NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVER AT
WOODSTOCK.
PREV DISC...
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO FORM AND RACE INTO MAINE OFF THE GULF OF
MAINE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LARGER BAND OF CONVECTION
WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THIS
MORNING...REACHING THE PORTLAND AREA BY AROUND 09Z AND CLEARING
THIS SAME REGION AROUND 14Z PER LATEST HRRR MODEL PROJECTS.
THEREFORE...THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE IN DURING THE EARL TO MID
MORNING HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFT TIL LATER IN THE DAY...SO
CLEARING WILL BE CONFINED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR WESTERN MAINE
LATER TODAY.
USED BLEND OF MESO MODEL DATA FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/...
CLEARING CONTINUES FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WITH
THE MOST CLOUDINESS HANGING TOUGH IN THE UPSLOPE TERRAIN OF THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OTHERWISE...DESPITE PRESENCE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ON
SUNDAY...FAVORABLE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SUNSHINE
AND MILD TEMPERATURES. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER
WHERE MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY LIMITED DYNAMICS OVER EASTERNMOST
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AN UPPER CYCLONIC FLOW EARLY IN THE WEEK WILL ALLOW DIURNAL SCT
SHWRS TO DEVELOP EACH AFTN AS HEATING OCCURS. A WEAK RIDGE TRIES TO
BUILD OVER THE REGION BRIEFLY LATE TUE AND WED BUT STILL WITH A
CHC OF SHWRS. ANOTHER UPPER LOW WITH ITS CYCLONIC FLOW AND
INSTBLTY WILL ONCE AGAIN GET CARVED OUT OVER THE NORTHEAST LATER
IN THE WEEK ALLOWING MORE INSTBLTY SHWRS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR
SEASONAL LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEK.
USED THE SUPERBLEND FOR POPS AND TEMPS.
&&
.AVIATION /14Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHORT TERM...AREAS OF IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS THIS
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY IMPROVING CONDITIONS TO VFR.
LONG TERM...MAINLY VFR CONDS BUT LOWERING TO MVFR IN SCT SHWRS.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...SCA TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEAS.
LONG TERM...WINDS/SEAS TO REMAIN BLO SCA CRITERIA.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RAIN AND WETTING CONDITIONS WILL KEEP FUELS MOIST.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
ANZ150>154.
&&
TFHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 934 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014 MEZ009-014-018>028-NHZ001-007>010-013-014-181345- CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 934 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-181345- 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- 934 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ007-008-012-013-NHZ002>006-181345- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL- 934 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE ENDING TODAY. THE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING WAS LEADING TO RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH SOME NEARING BANKFUL. A COUPLE PLACES WILL BE GOING OVER THEIR BANKS LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING. SEE LATEST FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow moving cold front dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain across the mountains of Maine resulting in minor flooding on the Swift River at Roxbury (flood stage 7.0 ft), which crested at 9.31 ft.
A slow moving cold front dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain across the mountains of Maine causing minor flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan (flood stage 35,000 cfs), which crested at 43,737 cfs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, May 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 522293, 522292.