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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Gray, ME

June 10, 2008Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 10:26 PM EDT for Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 48 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, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 11:14 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

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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

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, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 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, 6 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
740 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW PORTLAND            44.88N 70.10W
06/10/2008                   SOMERSET           ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISON                 44.80N 69.87W
06/10/2008                   SOMERSET           ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

MC

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	58 min
Jun 10, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin	51 min
Jun 10, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	44 min
Jun 10, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	52 min
Jun 10, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Somerset	58 min
Jun 10, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland	66 min
Jun 10, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		54 min
Jun 10, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton	67 min
Jun 10, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	56 min
Jun 10, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Grafton	51 min
Jun 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos	66 min
Jun 10, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton, Sullivan	52 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack	61 min
Jun 10, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll	57 min
Jun 11, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Rockingham	30 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.