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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Gray, ME

June 16, 1986York County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 4:49 PM EDT for York County, Maine. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1986, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1986, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties

County York County, ME

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 4:55 PM EDTHail 1.75York, ME

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME
1256 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN MAINE...

LATEST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE EXTENDING TO CLOSE TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINE BORDER.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MAINE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

PEOPLE OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE
OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.  IF ANY
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  HEAVY RAIN..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AS NEEDED.
..MARINE..
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
^PWMSPSCON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH
246 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

    ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE...

RADAR SHOWS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH.

STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH AND> SOUTH-
ERN MERRIMACK COUNTIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO
HOURS.

BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. IF BOATING HEAD FOR SHORE AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.

MRT/WSO CON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York62 min
Jun 16, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCheshire, Sullivan59 min
Jun 16, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXMerrimack, Strafford66 min
Jun 16, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXHillsborough66 min
Jun 16, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXMerrimack65 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSullivan35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.