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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

June 1, 1986Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 55 min. 7 reports 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 1, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1986, 4:05 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Oxford 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 1, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Oxford, ME
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDTHail 1.75Oxford, ME
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDTHail 4Cumberland, ME
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDTHail 4Cumberland, ME
Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDTHail 1.5Cumberland, ME
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTHail 1.75Cumberland, ME
Jun 1, 4:10 PM EDTHail 1Cumberland, 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 311 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1986-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1986-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland64 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork67 min
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton55 min
Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll55 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap55 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSullivan55 min
Jun 1, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXHillsborough60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.