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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 457

June 27, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 27, 2007, 2:42 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2007, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 39 counties

Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot48 min
Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington60 min
Jun 27, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot42 min
Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison45 min
Jun 27, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset40 min
Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington65 min
Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex35 min
Jun 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot26 min
Jun 27, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland29 min
Jun 27, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Lamoille, Washington53 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot34 min
Jun 27, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Orange, Windsor45 min
Jun 27, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset61 min
Jun 27, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington57 min
Jun 27, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVAddison, Rutland27 min
Jun 27, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot36 min
Jun 27, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCaledonia, Essex57 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland, Windsor33 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset46 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis, Somerset44 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Waldo61 min
Jun 27, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARSomerset39 min
Jun 27, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll53 min
Jun 27, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot53 min
Jun 27, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis, Somerset50 min
Jun 27, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset62 min
Jun 27, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis50 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHancock, Penobscot, Somerset, Waldo117 min
Jun 27, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheshire, Hillsborough4 hr
Jun 27, 11:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Erie and 14 more2 hr
Jun 27, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia and 30 more7 hr
Jun 27, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maine, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.