Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1996, 9:29 PM EDT for Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
- Jul 14, 1996, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1996, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 10:05 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Strafford, NH | |
| Jul 14, 10:10 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Barrington, NH |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 150130 SVRPWM NHC015-017-150215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 929 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ...NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...STRAFFORD COUNTY AT 925 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR LOCATED IN GRAY MAINE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND HEADING FOR STRAFFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR CENTER STRAFFORD BY 10 PM. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
NHZ005-007-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY AS WELL AS SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 515 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN GRAY MAINE INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER WINDSOR COUNTY VERMONT. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY AND SULLIVAN COUNTY BETWEEN LEBANON AND CHARLESTOWN BETWEEN 430 PM AND 5 PM. THOSE PERSONS OUT OF DOORS THIS AFTERNOON WILL WANT TO WATCH FOR THREATENING SKIES AND BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE SHELTER. BOATERS SHOULD MAKE rFOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
NHZ005-007-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY AS WELL AS SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 515 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN GRAY MAINE INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER WINDSOR COUNTY VERMONT. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY AND SULLIVAN COUNTY BETWEEN LEBANON AND CHARLESTOWN BETWEEN 530 PM AND 6 PM. THOSE PERSONS OUT OF DOORS THIS AFTERNOON WILL WANT TO WATCH FOR THREATENING SKIES AND BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE SHELTER. BOATERS SHOULD MAKE FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
NHZ003>010-013-014-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 605 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES BELKNAP...MERRIMACK...ROCKINGHAM ...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES. THE WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THESE COUNTIES. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY FIRING UP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH ACROSS SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK AND SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTIES AT 6 PM. RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY THREATENING WEATHER. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. SJC/NWS GRAY ME
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NHZ003>010-013-014-150300-MEZ007-012-018-019-023-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 750 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BELKNAP COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS OF 745 PM. NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING ENCOUNTERED AT THIS TIME...BUT THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY TO SOUTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MAINE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 830 PM. THOSE PERSONS OUTDOORS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES THEIR AREA. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE RISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
NHZ003>010-013-014-150300-MEZ007-012-018-019-023-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 910 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STRAFFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS OF 9 PM AND WERE JUST ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN MAINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME...BUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...COUPLED WITH YESTERDAY'S GENEROUS RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXIST OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM. ALSO...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE BEING REPORTED WHICH LED TO ROOF FIRES AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY HAD JUST ENTERED SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND APPEARED TO BE EASING UP...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS... AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SANFORD AND KENNEBUNK AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 10 PM. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:12 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
NHZ003>010-013-014-150300-MEZ007-012-018-019-023-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 910 PM EDT SUN JUL 14 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STRAFFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS OF 9 PM AND WERE JUST ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN MAINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME...BUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...COUPLED WITH YESTERDAY'S GENEROUS RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXIST OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 11 PM. ALSO...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE BEING REPORTED WHICH LED TO ROOF FIRES AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY HAD JUST ENTERED SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND APPEARED TO BE EASING UP...BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS... AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SANFORD AND KENNEBUNK AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 10 PM. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.