Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2005, 6:40 PM EDT for York County, Maine. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2005, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County York County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 241 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... WEAK TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN PRECIP SHOULD END WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. ANY FOG WILL BURN OFF TUE MORNING AND SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY ACROSS AREA BEFORE CLOUDS START TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MTNS LATE IN THE DAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW BRUNSWICK WILL BRING A WEAK SECONDARY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TUE NIGHT BRINGING JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON WED AND KEEPS THINGS DRY THROUGH THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION ON FRI. HIGH PRESSURE THEN RETURNS TO KEEP THINGS NICE THROUGH MON. MAINLY MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT WARMING A BIT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ON FRI. && .AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOCATIONS FAVORED BY FOG TONIGHT WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY AFTER ANY FOG BURNS OFF. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:34 AM EDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 334 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 ANZ150-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-020733- ANDROSCOGGIN ME-BELKNAP NH-CENTRAL SOMERSET ME-COASTAL CUMBERLAND ME- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM NH-COASTAL WALDO ME-COASTAL YORK ME- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND ME-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM NH-INTERIOR WALDO ME- INTERIOR YORK ME-KENNEBEC ME-KNOX ME-LINCOLN ME-MERRIMACK NH- NORTHERN CARROLL NH-NORTHERN COOS NH-NORTHERN FRANKLIN ME- NORTHERN GRAFTON NH-NORTHERN OXFORD ME-SAGADAHOC ME- SOUTHERN CARROLL NH-SOUTHERN COOS NH-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN ME- SOUTHERN GRAFTON NH-SOUTHERN OXFORD ME-SOUTHERN SOMERSET ME- STRAFFORD NH-SULLIVAN NH- COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALFRED...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...BATH... BELFAST...BERLIN...BETHEL...BETHLEHEM...BIDDEFORD... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...BRIDGTON...BRUNSWICK...CAMDEN...CLAREMONT... COBURN GORE...COLEBROOK...CONCORD...CONWAY...DAMARISCOTTA...DERRY... DOVER...DURHAM...EUSTIS...EXETER...FAIRFIELD...FARMINGTON... FRANKLIN...FRYEBURG...GARDINER...HAMPTON...HENNIKER...JACKMAN... KITTERY...LACONIA...LANCASTER...LEBANON...LEWISTON...LINCOLN... LINCOLNVILLE...LITTLETON...MECHANIC FALLS...MEREDITH... MOULTONBOROUGH...NAPLES...NEW LONDON...NORTH WINDHAM...NORTHWOOD... OAKLAND...OSSIPEE...PITTSFIELD...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...PORTSMOUTH... RANGELEY...ROCHESTER...ROCKLAND...RUMFORD...SALEM...SANFORD... SEARSPORT...SKOWHEGAN...SOUTH PARIS...SOUTH PORTLAND...THORNDIKE... TOPSHAM...TURNER...WATERVILLE...WESTBROOK...WISCASSET AND WOODSVILLE 334 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH FOUR... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAY FIVE... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS SIX THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 406 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NHZ004-006-012105- NORTHERN CARROLL NH-SOUTHERN CARROLL NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONWAY...MOULTONBOROUGH AND OSSIPEE 406 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM WATERVILLE VALLEY...TO NEAR TAMWORTH THROUGH 500 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. APFFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 431 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 MEZ008-009-012200- CENTRAL SOMERSET ME-NORTHERN FRANKLIN ME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...EUSTIS...JACKMAN AND RANGELEY 431 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MAINE MOUNTAINS...POSSIBLY EFFECTING JACKMAN...EUSTIS...RANGELEY...AND OTHER REMOTE LOCATIONS THROUGH 600 PM. STORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. THOSE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. APFFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 504 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NHZ003-012200- NORTHERN GRAFTON NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...LINCOLN... LITTLETON AND WOODSVILLE 504 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL PASS BY LITTLETON AND FRANCONIA THROUGH 600 PM. THIS STORM CONTAINS WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL. THOSE IN LITTLETON AND FRANCONIA CAN EXPECT THE STORM TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. APFFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 620 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 MEZ018-012315- INTERIOR YORK ME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALFRED AND SANFORD 620 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH YORK COUNTY...PASSING NEAR WATERBORO...ALFRED...SANFORD...AND LEBANON THROUGH 715 PM. THIS STORM CONTAINS PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. APFFEL
Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:31 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
631 PM EDT MON AUG 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM HAIL 7 E WOLFEBORO 43.59N 71.07W
08/01/2005 1.00 INCH CARROLL NH PUBLIC
&&
KASpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 6:35 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 635 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NHZ003-012330- NORTHERN GRAFTON NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...LINCOLN... LITTLETON AND WOODSVILLE 635 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY WILL EFFECT MONROE...LISBON...AND NEARBY LOCATIONS AROUND 700 PM. THE STORM WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH RURAL GRAFTON COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. THIS STORM CONTAINS PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 40 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.