Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 6:31 PM EDT for Piscataquis County, Maine. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
County Piscataquis County, ME
The nearest sounding before it
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 KCAR 302231 SVRCAR MEC021-302330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 631 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH MAINE ...NORTH CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY PORTLAND WEATHER RADAR IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHESUNCOOK LAKE AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIPEGENUS DAM AND BAXTER STATE PARK REGION WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO D^ON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. HEWITT NNNN
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 30, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NHZ005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 531 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST BELKNAP...WESTERN MERRIMACK...SULLIVAN COUNTY... AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL AND NORTH SANBORNTON IN FAR WESTERN BELKNAP COUNTY. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:35 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
NHZ005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 531 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST BELKNAP...WESTERN MERRIMACK...SULLIVAN COUNTY... AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL AND NORTH SANBORNTON IN FAR WESTERN BELKNAP COUNTY. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:55 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NHZ001-002-003-004-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 555 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO COOS COUNTY... AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN COOS COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:56 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
NHZ001-002-003-004-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 555 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO COOS COUNTY... AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN COOS COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:18 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NHZ005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 618 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST BELKNAP...WESTERN MERRIMACK...SULLIVAN COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CHESHIRE COUNTY... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE...ANDOVER...AND WALPOLE. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
NHZ005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH 618 PM EDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST BELKNAP...WESTERN MERRIMACK...SULLIVAN COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CHESHIRE COUNTY... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WITH THE LINE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE...ANDOVER...AND WALPOLE. COMMUNITIES IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL..ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN IN A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PERSONS ON ANY LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF THE SKY AS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BOATERS...HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPHDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAMBA/WSO CONCORD NH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Piscataquis | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.