Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME

July 9, 2001Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2001, 5:23 PM EDT for Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2001, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rockingham County, NH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 5:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERaymond, 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2001-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2001-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KGYX 092123
SVRGYX

NHC015-092230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
523 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...EXETER...HAMPTON

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EPPING AT 535 PM EDT

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE 
TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN GRAY MAINE.

LAT...LON 4309 7143 4297 7074 4279 7117

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll26 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.