Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 3:46 PM EDT for York County, Maine. It was in force for 44 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 27, 1992, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County York County, ME
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | York, 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
Gray, ME (KPWM), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPWM 271950 SVRPWM MEC031-272030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 346 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN MAINE ...SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS ALONG ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 345 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY AS WELL AS ALONG THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THIS STORM CONTAINS HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 27, 12:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
NHZALL-271800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 1205 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERLIN SOUTHWEST TO THE PLYMOUTH AREA...AND BACK INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF LEBANON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE APROACH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. JTP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
MEZALL-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 1235 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON...PORTLAND WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY FIRING UP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE BULK OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE FROM THE SOUTHERNMOST VERMONT-NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER...ACROSS CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSHOWERS...THOUGH THEY WERE MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WAS YET TO BE DETERMINED...BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS OUT OF DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF IMPENDING WEATHER. BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
MEZALL-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 135 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PORTLAND WAS INDICATING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MAINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSHOWERS...THOUGH THEY WERE MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN MAINE...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PHILLIPS AND BROWNVILLE JUNCTION. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN HOWLAND AND BUCKFIELD WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. OTHER ACTIVITY LOCATED WEST OF CONWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN MAINE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS OUT OF DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF IMPENDING WEAT.HER. BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NHZALL-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 205 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE... SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE MOST ORGANIZED ACITVITY WAS LOCATED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO CONCORD TO KEENE. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DOWNPOURS ...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY TRACK TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE APROACH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. SPN/JTP J@TP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MEZALL-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PORTLAND WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PROMPTED THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER TO ISSUE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 7 PM. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR MAINE ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LIMERICK AND CORNISH. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CROSS BETWEEN STANDISH AND SANFORD DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. OTHER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM MILO TO FARMINGTON AND WILL MOVE TO BETWEEN BANGOR AND AUGUSTA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS OUT OF DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF IMPENDING WEATHER. BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICIAL STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER WATCH OR POSSIBLE WARNING INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:47 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NHZALL-272100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM THE LAKES REGION SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER UNTIL 7 PM. AS OF 245 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WHERE SOME HAIL WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE MANCHESTER AREA. THIS STORM IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS TRACKING OFF TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE REPORTED TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SPN/JTP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.