Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME

June 1, 2002Coos County, New Hampshire; Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 12:01 AM EDT for Coos County, New Hampshire; Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2002, 12:01 AM EDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2002, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Oxford County, ME, Coos County, NH

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2002-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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 010401
SVRGYX
MEC017-NHC007-010500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1201 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...BERLIN
  NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIXVILLE
  NOTCH TO 18 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER...OR FROM 20 MILES EAST OF
  CANAAN TO 5 MILES EAST OF ST. JOHNSBURY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LANCASTER AT 1210 AM EDT
  ERROL AT 1220 AM EDT
  BERLIN AT 1240 AM EDT

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 4530 7107 4436 7171 4427 7127 4476 7078
          4518 7087

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

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