Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Sagadahoc 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
- Jun 1, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kennebec County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 Jun 1, 3:06 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:06 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 306 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MAINE SO WILL WORD ZONES ACCORDINGLY. FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN NH AND WESTERN MAINE TO MAKE IT SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN AREAS BY LATER TONIGHT. SOME PARTIAL CLEARING MAY TAKE PLACE FOR A WHILE OVER NORTHERN AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY WHILE SOUTHERN AREAS WILL SEE SHOWERS CONTINUING AS LOW PRESURE DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTH. TEMPS TO BE COOL ON FRIDAY DUE TO NORTHEAST FLOW AND CLOUDS AND LIGHT SHOWERS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... LOW PRESSURE STARTS NEAR NEW JERSEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WEAKENS IN THE GULF OF MAINE ON SUNDAY. STILL ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALONG THE MAINE COAST...WITH AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. RIVERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS MUCH RAIN BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN KEEP THINGS DRY INTO WEDNESDAY WHEN ANOTHER LOW MOVES NORTH UP THE COAST AROUND A CLOSED LOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING EXCEPT LOWERING TO IFR CONDITIONS IN AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BY LATE TONIGHT MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD IN SHOWERS. && .MARINE... SHORT RANGE... LIGHT WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND REMAIN LIGHT AND NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. LONG RANGE...COULD NEED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS A LOW MOVES UP THE COAST. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:54 AM EDT, 10 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 454 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-020900- 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- 454 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE... CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE ADVANCING FRONT...AND WARM MUGGY AIR OVER OUR REGION...WILL TRIGGER WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL TO OUR SOUTH ON FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE FRIDAY THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THIS WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF MAINE. THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SUNDAY MORNING...WILL APPROACH TWO INCHES IN THIS AREA. TOTALS OVER SEACOAST NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE A BIT HIGHER AND COULD APPROACH TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE PUBLIC CAN EMAIL REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL TO GYX.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. ES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1258 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 NHZ005-007-011830- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN- 1258 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SULLIVAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY AFTER 130 PM THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 1258 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 44 MILES WEST OF CLAREMONT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS IN AND AROUND LEBANON...GRANTHAM...CROYDON...CORNISH AND CLAREMONT AFTER 130 PM THROUGH 230 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. RAM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 118 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 MEZ012-019-011815- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 118 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 118 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES EAST OF HIRAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WEST BALDWIN...HIRAM...RAYMOND... NORTH WINDHAM...SOUTH WINDHAM AND GRAY THROUGH 215 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. RAM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:23 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
226 PM EDT THU JUN 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL 2 SSW NORTH WINDHAM 43.80N 70.44W
06/01/2006 E0.75 INCH CUMBERLAND ME TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
POHLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
238 PM EDT THU JUN 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0222 PM HAIL 2 SW NORTH WINDHAM 43.80N 70.46W
06/01/2006 E0.75 INCH CUMBERLAND ME PUBLIC
&&
POHLSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 2:49 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 249 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 MEZ020>022-025>028-011945- ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL WALDO-INTERIOR WALDO-KENNEBEC-KNOX-LINCOLN-SAGADAHOC- 249 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...SAGADAHOC COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...KENNEBEC COUNTY AND WALDO COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 249 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHINA TO 5 MILES WEST OF GREENE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF TURNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WINTHROP...VASSALBORO...SIDNEY...MANCHESTER... LEEDS...CHINA...ALBION...MONMOUTH...GREENE AND AUBURN THROUGH 345 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. RAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 67 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 38 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.