Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME

August 30, 1989Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1989, 2:53 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 67 min. 3 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
Aug 30, 1989, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties

County Kennebec 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
Aug 30, 2:58 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Kennebec, ME
Aug 30, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Kennebec, ME
Aug 30, 3:35 PM EDTHail 1Kennebec, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Lincoln62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.