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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 421

June 8, 199915 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 1999, 1:30 PM EDT for 15 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1999, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Waldo61 min
Jun 8, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox61 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXLincoln46 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maine, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 1999Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.