High surf and strong rip currents contributed to a drowning death of a man on August 8th.
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High surf and strong rip currents contributed to a drowning death of a man on August 8th.
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 Aug 8, 1:47 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gray ME 247 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue across the area through tonight ahead of a cold front approaching from the lower Great Lakes. The front will sweep through the area overnight followed by drier air and seasonable temperatures through the upcoming weekend. We'll also see isolated mountain showers but otherwise dry weather is expected as an area of high pressure builds by to our south through Sunday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... GOES water vapor imagery showed the lead shortwave impulse had exited all but northern and eastern sections of the forecast area. Scattered convection continued across the area at moment with coverage increasing the past few hours in response to heating. The second impulse and associated cold front were over the lower Great Lakes preceded by a a broken line of convection stretching from Ontario province southward across upstate New York into northern Pennsylvania. Through early evening we'll continue to see scattered convection across the area. The squall line presently upstream over upstate New York will race east with CAMS suggesting it'll begin to fall apart with loss of daytime heating as it reaches the Connecticut valley. Current motion suggests that a weakening area of broken convection will reach the Connecticut valley towards 00z. The primary threat would be a few strong wind gusts across the Connecticut valley before the activity quickly tapers to scattered showers and isolated thunder as it moves further east. With the exception of a few lingering showers across the mountains behind the surface front...a partly cloudy night with patchy fog developing. Lows will range from the upper 50s to mid 60s. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... On Friday the westerly post frontal flow will quickly drop dew points into the comfortable range. Cyclonic flow and a series of passing impulses should produce clouds and scattered showers/isolated thunder across the higher terrain both Friday and Friday night. Highs should range from 70s in the mountains to lower 80s elsewhere. Lows Friday night will be in the 50s with a few upper 40s across the normally cooler mountain valleys. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... The extended forecast starts off with a closed 500 mb low over Quebec Saturday morning. This feature will migrate over northern Maine Saturday afternoon and will steepen lapse rates leading to convective showers Saturday afternoon. The best coverage of showers will be in the mountains and eastern zones. Weak ridging will move in on Sunday leading to a mainly dry day. The new work week starts off with a cold front crossing the region on Monday that will bring a returned chance of precipitation. After this front upper level flow will become more zonal with a fast moving low pressure system ejecting out of the Great Lakes. There is consensus that this low will track across southern New England bringing the best chance of rain to southern areas. However, the timing of this feature varies on the order of 24 hours. The CMC is the fastest bringing precipitation in Tuesday morning followed by the ECMWF that brings in precipitation Tuesday night. The GFS is the slowest bringing this system across southern New England Wednesday morning and also keeps most of the precipitation to our south. I have gone with gone with a multi model consensus that yields chance PoPs for Tuesday into Wednesday morning. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Short Term /through Friday night/...Sct MVFR in shra/tsra with lcl IFR in stratus and fog. VFR Fri and Fri night with sct MVFR in mtn -shra and isold -tsra. Lcl IFR btw 09 and 12z Sat in valley stratus and fog. Long Term...Restrictions are possible Saturday in convective showers. IFR is expected Sunday as weaking ridging moves in. && .MARINE... Short Term /through Friday night/...Marginal SCA conditions for seas in southerly flow through late tonight. Winds will shift offshore Fri and seas will diminish. Long Term...Winds and seas will remain below SCA thresholds. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...None. NH...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until 5 AM EDT Friday for ANZ150-1Wind gusts will remain under 20 kts and seas52-154. && NEAR TERM...Schwibs SHORT TERM...Schwibs LONG TERM...Schroeter
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 256 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>015-091900- 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-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- Coastal Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough- 256 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, west central Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. More scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. A few storms could contain gusty winds, mainly near the Connecticut Valley. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150>154-091900- Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM- Penobscot Bay- Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM- Casco Bay- Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM- 256 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Small Crafte Advisory is in effect until 5 AM EDT Friday for hazardous seas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1115 AM EDT THU AUG 08 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0930 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE NORTHWOOD MEADOWS 43.23N 71.18W
08/08/2019 M2.78 INCH ROCKINGHAM NH TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER GYX1903988
WATSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1256 PM EDT THU AUG 08 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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1255 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW CAMDEN 44.20N 69.07W
08/08/2019 M3.14 INCH KNOX ME TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE 6PM YESTERDAY.
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EVENT NUMBER GYX1903989
WATSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
413 PM EDT THU AUG 08 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0630 PM FLASH FLOOD NORTH CONWAY 44.05N 71.13W
08/07/2019 CARROLL NH FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
8 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 302. STORM
DRAINS DID NOT KEEP UP AND ULTIMATELY FLOODED A HOTEL
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EVENT NUMBER GYX1903990
MLEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf with short period breaking waves of 4 to 5 feet and attendant strong undertow aided in a drowning death at Long Sands Beach in York.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, Coastal York | 2019-08-08 | 42 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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