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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Gray, ME

June 22, 2007Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2007, 1:47 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2007, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2007, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kennebec 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 Jun 22, 10:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 9:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1211 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

MEZ021-022-026-027-221700-
INTERIOR WALDO-KENNEBEC-KNOX-LINCOLN-
1211 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT KENNEBEC COUNTY...WALDO COUNTY...
KNOX COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM EDT...

AT 1211 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WATERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT  WINSLOW...WATERVILLE...
OAKLAND...BENTON...VASSALBORO...CHINA...PALERMO...WINDSOR AND
SOMERVILLE THROUGH 100 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:52 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:55 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:19 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
119 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

NHZ005-008>010-013-221815-
BELKNAP-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-MERRIMACK-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-STRAFFORD-
119 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY...STRAFFORD
COUNTY...MERRIMACK COUNTY...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND GRAFTON COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 119 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES EAST OF NEW
HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND NEW HAMPTON...
MEREDITH...BRISTOL...HILL...SANBORNTON...LACONIA...GILFORD...
FRANKLIN...AND TILTON-NORTHFIELD THROUGH 215 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HAYES

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 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 22, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		61 min
Jun 22, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		66 min
Jun 22, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Lincoln	52 min
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Sagadahoc	33 min
Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		53 min
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack	45 min
Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap	23 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Sullivan	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.