Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 5:11 PM EDT for Coos County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2008, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coos County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 10, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 259 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARDS THE REGION FROM CANADA WEDNESDAY...CRESTING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... DEEP CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE TERRAIN OF WESTERN ATTM...WHILE LESS IMPRESSIVE CELLS POPPING OVER CENTRAL AND SRN NH. EARLY ON COMBINATION OF TERRAIN FORCING AND WEAKENING CAP IN THE N WILL ALLOW CELLS TO DEVELOP BETTER IN THE TERRAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...THEN A BETTER CHC ACROSS NH AS LINE TO THE WEST MOVES THRU THE CWA LATE THIS AFT INTO THIS EVE. GYX 18Z RAOB SHOWS SHALLOW MARINE LYR...WILL ALLOW FOR THREAT OF SVR ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST. ONCE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH PASSES...WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH ANOTHER CHC OF SHRA/TSRA WHEN THE FRONT ITSELF GOES THRU LATER THIS EVENING...THEN THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY/... NW FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP SKIES M/CLR IN THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND SHOULD ALSO WARM THINGS UP FAIRLY WELL IN THE DOWNSLOPE AREAS. SOME CLOUDS A SHRA OR TSRA WILL BE IN THE MTNS AS 500MB TROUGH AXIS MOVES THRU. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. RETURN FLOW ON BACK SIDE OF HIGH BRINGS WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES ON SATURDAY AND WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND THE THREAT OF SHOWERS BY LATE IN THE DAY. THAT FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE SUNDAY WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY...BUT COOLER AND SPMEWHAT UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL REDEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK AS COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES EAST. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHORT TERM ...VFR CONDITIONS IN GENERAL...BUT TSRA COULD BRIEFLY LOWER CIG/VIS TO MVFR/IFR FOR A SHORT PERIOD DURING THRU THIS EVE. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 KT...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...AROUND 06Z...SHOULD SEE VFR RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR SUNDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...WINDS/SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. LONG TERM...REMAINING BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY OUT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...CEMPA SHORT TERM...CEMPA LONG TERM...JENSENIUS AVIATION...CEMPA MARINE...CEMPA/JENSENIUS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-112000- 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- 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH SURFACE HEATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SWEEPING MID LEVEL JET OF 50-75KT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND DAMAGE. SEE SPC DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK /ACUS01 KWNS/ DISCUSSION FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. ANZ150>154-112000- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY... THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA... THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 348 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MEZ008-012-013-020-102045- ANDROSCOGGIN-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 348 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER BRYANT POND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BETHEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST PARIS...SOUTH PARIS... MILTON...LOCKE MILLS...GREENWOOD...BRYANT POND...BETHEL... HANOVER...SUMNER AND HARTFORD THROUGH 445 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 10, 3:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 352 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MEZ007-NHZ001-102045- NORTHERN COOS-NORTHERN OXFORD- 352 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER LEMINGTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLEBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LEMINGTON...COLEBROOK... STEWARTSTOWN...PITTSBURG AND CLARKSVILLE THROUGH 445 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/TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 359 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MEZ009-102100- CENTRAL SOMERSET- 359 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOMERSET COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 359 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLAGSTAFF LAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUSTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND FLAGSTAFF LAKE THROUGH 500 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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:58 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Sullivan | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.