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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2008, 11:22 AM EDT for Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Sagadahoc County, Maine. It was in force for 68 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
- Jul 31, 2008, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2008, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 31, 9:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 9:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 851 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-011300- 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- 851 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. MOST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MAINE COULD SEE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS MUCH OF THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ALSO...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ150>154-011300- 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- 851 AM EDT THU JUL 31 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ABOUT BOOTHBAY HARBOR TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 31, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 10:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 88 min |
| Jul 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 84 min |
| Jul 31, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 55 min | |
| Jul 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Coos | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Grafton | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.