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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME

June 10, 2008Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 6:05 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2008, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 W Norridgewock, ME	TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN STARKS.
Jun 10, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cornville, ME	TREES AND WIRES DOWN
Jun 10, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Madison, ME	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KGYX 102205
SVRGYX
MEC025-102300-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0021.080610T2205Z-080610T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
605 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  WEST OF MADISON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMINGTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MADISON...NORRIDGEWOCK...SKOWHEGAN AND PITTSFIELD.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAT...LON 4475 6927 4474 6934 4475 6935 4475 6937
      4475 6939 4474 6940 4468 6999 4491 7004
      4502 6934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 261DEG 26KT 4479 7002

$$

HAYES/TAYLOR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KGYX 102231
SVSGYX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

MEC025-102300-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080610T2300Z/
SOMERSET ME-
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY...

AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MADISON...OR ABOUT NEAR SKOWHEGAN...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SKOWHEGAN...CORNVILLE...ATHENS...CANAAN...HARMONY...SAINT ALBANS...
RIPLEY...PITTSFIELD...PALMYRA...HARTLAND AND DETROIT.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAT...LON 4475 6927 4474 6934 4475 6935 4475 6937
      4475 6939 4474 6940 4468 6999 4491 7004
      4502 6934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 261DEG 26KT 4482 6976

$$

HAYES/TAYLOR

000 
WWUS51 KGYX 102256
SVSGYX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
656 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

MEC025-102307-
/O.EXP.KGYX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080610T2300Z/
SOMERSET ME-
657 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 700 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAT...LON 4475 6927 4474 6934 4475 6935 4475 6937
      4475 6939 4474 6940 4468 6999 4491 7004
      4502 6934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 261DEG 26KT 4485 6950

$$

HAYES/TAYLOR

The office that day

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, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Kennebec	43 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.