Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gray, ME

October 1, 1998Androscoggin County, Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1998, 7:25 AM EDT for Androscoggin County, Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 50 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
Oct 1, 1998, 7:25 AM EDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1998, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 1, 7:31 AM EDTHail 1.75Greene, ME
Oct 1, 7:51 AM EDTHail 0.75East Wintrhop, 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.

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.