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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2008, 6:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 251 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CURRENTLY OCCURRING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AND BECOMING WIDELY SCT LATER AT TONIGHT. AS NIGHTTIME COOLING OCCURS SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY OVER THE MAINE PORTION. STAYING CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR LOW TEMPS/POPS TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY/... CUTOFF LOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WED SO ONCE AGAIN CONVECTION TO REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY AS DIURNAL HEATING OCCURS AND AFTN TSTMS A POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN. TEMPS TO REMAIN COOL AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... REMAINING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CUTOFF LOW OVER QUEBEC WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE SHORT WAVES ACROSS OUR AREA. EACH SHORT WAVE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SHOWERS...AND TIMING THESE WILL BE A CHALLENGE. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...THRU THIS EVENING MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS OR SCATTERED TSTMS OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS. SOME PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT MAY CAUSE LOCAL AREAS TO BECOME IFR. WEDNESDAY MOSTLY VFR CONDS EXCEPT MVFR IN ANY SCT SHWRS/TSTMS. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VARIABLE CONDITIONS WITH FREQUENT MVFR CONDITIONS AS AREAS OF SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO WINDS OR SEAS AT THIS TIME. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:21 AM EDT, 14 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 321 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-180730- 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- 321 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ150>154-180730- 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- 321 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 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 IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.