Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 2:06 PM EDT for York County, Maine. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 10, 2008, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County York County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 Aug 10, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:32 AM EDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 532 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ANZ150>154-110945- 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- 532 AM EDT SUN AUG 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ007-008-012-013-NHZ001>009-110945- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- 532 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY. FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ009-014-018>028-NHZ010-013-014-110945- CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND- ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 532 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY. FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1207 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NHZ006-009-101700- BELKNAP-SOUTHERN CARROLL- 1207 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY AND CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM EDT... AT 1207 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER ELLACOYA STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LACONIA...MOVING NORTH AT 4 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ELLACOYA STATE PARK... LACONIA...GILFORD...MIRROR LAKE...MELVIN VILLAGE...TUFTONBORO AND BRIDGEWATER THROUGH 100 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED DRAINAGE FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. ES
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1239 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 MEZ022-101745- INTERIOR WALDO- 1239 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WALDO COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 1239 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALDO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELFAST...MOVING NORTH AT 13 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SWANVILLE...WALDO... BROOKS...JACKSON AND TROY THROUGH 145 PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED DRAINAGE FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. ES
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:55 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 155 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 MEZ018-101900- INTERIOR YORK- 155 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT YORK COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 155 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF WATERBORO...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALFRED...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EMERY MILLS... WATERBORO...SHAPLEIGH...HOLLIS...LIMERICK AND LIMINGTON THROUGH 300 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED DRAINAGE FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 20 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Belknap | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Grafton | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Merrimack | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Sullivan | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Grafton, Merrimack | 70 min |
| Aug 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Belknap | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll, Grafton | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Grafton | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton, Merrimack | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll, Coos, Grafton | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Grafton, Merrimack | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Carroll | 2 hr |
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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.