Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1996, 6:11 PM EDT for Penobscot County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 16, 1996, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Penobscot County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Albans, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmyra, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stetson, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | East Corinth, ME | |
| Jul 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush, 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.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Strafford | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham, Strafford | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Oxford | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hancock, Penobscot, Waldo, Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.