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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Gray, ME

August 7, 2006Cumberland County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2006, 11:30 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2006, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2006, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cumberland County, ME

The radar

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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 7, 9:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:59 PM EDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
459 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-082100-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
459 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE...
CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MAINE...MUCH OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 11 PM. A FEW
STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS ARE REQUESTED THIS EVENING.

ANZ150-170-082100-
STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA FROM
25 TO 40 NM-
459 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF AN AND THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. LARGE
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset39 min
Aug 7, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin55 min
Aug 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset63 min
Aug 7, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXWaldo55 min
Aug 7, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

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