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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Gray, ME

June 5, 2007York County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT for York County, Maine. It was in force for 45 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 5, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 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 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 5, 2:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
214 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY...THEN SWEEP
OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WHICH WILL USHER IN A MUCH
COOLER AIRMASS... FOLLOWS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A WARM
FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS
SOUTHWESTERN MAINE TIL 7 PM WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS
EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL END DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH
CLEARING OVERNIGHT...MAYBE SOME RESIDUAL PATCHY FOG.  MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES FOR WEDNESDAY...PERHAPS SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS
ESPECIALLY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.
&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VERY BUSY WITH STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SO THIS
WILL BE BRIEF.

MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR ENTERS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. ENOUGH GRADIENT AND MIN TEMPS IN THE UPPER 30S TO PREVENT
MOST AREAS FROM RECEIVING FROST. HOWEVER...THIS WILL NEED TO BE
WATCHED AND UPDATED IN FUTURE PRODUCTS.

CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS TO OUR EAST THURSDAY. STILL SOME QUESTION AS
TO WHETHER HEAT ARRIVES TO GYX LATE IN THE WEEK WITH MARITIME FLOW.
&&

.AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SHORT TERM...HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  CLEARING OVERNIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG.  BECOMING
VFR WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LONG TERM...BASICALLY VFR...BECOMING LOCALLY IFR/MVFR BY FRIDAY
NIGHT.
&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 7 PM OVER THE WATERS.
SCAS FOR SEAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LONG TERM...WINDS/SEAS MAINLY BELOW SCA CRITERIA.
&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...MEZ007-008-012-013-018>020-023-024...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
     TIL 7 PM .
NH...NHZ001>010-013-014...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 7 PM.
MARINE...ANZ150...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 7 PM.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ANZ150.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

ANZ150-MEZ007-008-012-013-018>020-023-024-NHZ001>010-013-014-061930-
STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-NORTHERN OXFORD-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGHOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
WESTERN MAINE AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE REGION FROM
THE WEST. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

|
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED.

MEZ009-014-021-022-025>028-061930-
CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-
LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 2 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGHOUT
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AS WELL AS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

ANZ170-061930-
WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA FROM
25 TO 40 NM-
322 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGHOUT
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AS WELL AS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
535 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

MEZ009-052215-
CENTRAL SOMERSET-
535 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOMERSET COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM
EDT...

AT 535 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONG POND...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF JACKMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LONG POND...
BRASSUA AND PITTSTON FARM THROUGH 615 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

APFFEL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
539 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             GREENLAND               43.04N 70.83W
06/05/2007  E0.75 INCH       ROCKINGHAM         NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HAYES

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
552 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             KITTERY                 43.09N 70.74W
06/05/2007  E0.88 INCH       YORK               ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HAYES

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NHZ008-009-052245-
BELKNAP-MERRIMACK-
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY AND MERRIMACK
COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF HENNIKER...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
HENNIKER...CONTOOCOOK...HOPKINTON...DUNBARTON...BOW...BOSCAWEN...
CONCORD...PEMBROKE...LOUDON AND PITTSFIELD THROUGH 645 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.

HAYES

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin	43 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	63 min
Jun 5, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	55 min
Jun 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	57 min
Jun 5, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		66 min
Jun 5, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Somerset	37 min
Jun 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	36 min
Jun 5, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		65 min
Jun 5, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	33 min
Jun 5, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	31 min
Jun 5, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Strafford	52 min
Jun 5, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll	39 min
Jun 5, 2:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GYX	Strafford	36 min
Jun 5, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack	41 min
Jun 5, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll	51 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Strafford	16 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Sullivan	45 min
Jun 5, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	65 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Strafford	42 min
Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos	40 min
Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton	33 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	39 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack	42 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	50 min
Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Strafford	44 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.