Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Sagadahoc County, Maine. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 24, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1998, 10:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bristol, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | York | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 21 min |
| Aug 25, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Sagadahoc | 18 min |
| Aug 24, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.