Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 3:37 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 53 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
- May 31, 2002, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143 WUUS51 KGYX 311937 SVRGYX MEC007-017-312030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 336 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVIS TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPTON...OR FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COBURN GORE TO 6 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVIS...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF UPTON...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLE DAM...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OQUOSSOC AT 400 PM 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 4514 7104 4445 7102 4475 7075 4550 7050
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 200 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ZONES... BIGGEST CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM NOW THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM THIS EVENING. TIMING VERY FAST MOVING COLD FRONT /DRIVEN BY STRONG 110+ KT JET AT 300 MB/...SHOULD CLEAR NH BY 8 PM AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ME BY 10 PM /MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST. RIPE SITUATION FOR STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BASED ON SPC OUTLOOK ...LOCAL SEVERE WEATHER CHECKLIST AND UPSTREAM SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM ALY AND BTV. CLEARING TO FOLLOW THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AVN MOST AGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND GIVES CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. NGM POPS MUCH LOWER. ETA LEANING TOWARD NGM. FOR NOW WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND STILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. SHOULD CLEAR OUT BEHIND THIS FRONT. TEMPS...WARM ON SATURDAY BUT SECOND FRONT BRINGS IN COOLER WEATHER FOR SUNDAY. THE MAVS ARE RUNNING MUCH COOLER THAN FWC MAX TEMPS. WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE. CWF... WILL CONTINUE THE STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT EARLY TONIGHT. MINIMAL SCA CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE FAST WESTERLY FLOW. PRELIMINARY PWMWRKZFP AND PWMWRKCWF AVBL IN AWIPS. HAVE SET UP 4 ZONE SPLITS...MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND COASTAL ZONES. HOWEVER..MAY SPLIT WEST AND EAST /EG NH AND ME/ BASED ON TIMING OF FRONT/CONVECTION...OR MAY SPLIT BASED ON ANY SPC WATCH THAT MAY BE ISSUED. ALSO MAY ADD A REST OF THE AFTERNOON OR A THROUGH THIS EVENING PERIOD TO COVER THE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO MAY ADJUST CWF FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AS WELL. FCSTID = 2 .GYX... ME...SCA. NH...SCA. SJC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-312145- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1030 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR TODAY...AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN TORNADOES OR HURRICANES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, York | 59 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.