Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2008, 3:01 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 44 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 2, 2008, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Oxford County, ME, Coos County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 2, 9:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 6:18 AM EDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 618 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-031030- 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- 618 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY. ANZ150>154-031030- 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- 618 AM EDT WED JUL 2 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 142 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 NHZ013-021830- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 142 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ROCKINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 142 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINDHAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHUA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WINDHAM...LONDONDERRY... DERRY...SALEM...HAMPSTEAD...ATKINSON...EAST HAMPSTEAD...PLAISTOW AND NEWTON THROUGH 230 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. ES
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:20 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 220 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 NHZ005-007-021900- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN- 220 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SULLIVAN COUNTY AND GRAFTON COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAREMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CLAREMONT...PLAINFIELD...CORNISH FLAT...CORNISH... MERIDEN...LEBANON...ENFIELD...CANAAN...CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND ORANGE THROUGH 300 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. ES
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:32 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
232 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG WINDHAM 42.80N 71.30W
07/02/2008 ROCKINGHAM NH LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES AND BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
MCSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 2:39 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 239 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 MEZ007-NHZ002-021930- NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN COOS- 239 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 239 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBURNE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SHELBURNE... GORHAM...GRAFTON NOTCH STATE PARK AND UPTON THROUGH 330 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 114 min |
| Jul 2, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 96 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 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.