Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
310 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

LAST OF THE 3 H DAYS. COLD FRONT MOVG THRU THIS EVEING WILL USHER IN
COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR THE WEKEND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN
AND EVE THOUGH THERE IS A SVR WX POT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF
PEA SIZE HAIL AND JUST GOT A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 255 PM
IN ROCHESTER NH WHICH IS A BIT SURPRISING. WE EXPECT MOSTLY WIND
DAMAGE WITH WET MICRO BURST TYPE STORMS. TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
DOWN IN DEERFIELD NH WITH THE STORMS IN WESTERN ROCKINGHAM AND IN
ROCHESTER NH.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT NORMAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR THROUGH
MOST OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THRU LATE SUN AND MON
SPAWNING SOME SHOWERS.

.GYX...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.

TFH

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
350 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE
AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS PLACED NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SPARKING
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME SEVERE.

HAYES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
208 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.  AT 200 PM TWO LINES OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR.

THE STRONGEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN TIP OF BELKNAP COUNTY
SOUTHWARD TO WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.  THE OTHER LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY
SOUTHWESTWARD TO WEST CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
HEAVY RAIN.  WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SJC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
227 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS
AFTERNOON.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE AND ANOTHER LINE OF
STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IN BETWEEN THESE LINES OF STORMS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
QUICKLY FORMING OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE WITH INDICATIONS THAT THE TWO
LINES WOULD FILL IN TO FORM ONE LARGE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY
RAIN.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE LIVING...TRAVELLING OR VACATIONING IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MAINE AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS THE
COASTAL WATERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE...SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.  HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING.

SJC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
323 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

STRONG AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS
OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

AT 315 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ROCKINGHAM AND
STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND YORK COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST MAINE.

AT 315 PM A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL
FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTIES...AFFECTING THE FORKS...
CARRABASSETT VALLEY AND KINGFIELD.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FORMING OVER CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY AND
NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT 315 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS
EVENING SO ADDITIONAL STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE AND EASTERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PEOPLE LIVING...TRAVELLING OR VACATIONING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.  HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER WITH
THE APPROACH OF ANY THUNDERSTORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON.

SJC