Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME

May 26, 2010Grafton County, Merrimack County, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2010, 8:54 PM EDT for Grafton County, Merrimack County, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 51 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
May 26, 2010, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2726 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSullivan52 min
May 26, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXBelknap, Strafford44 min
May 26, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSullivan35 min
May 26, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXStrafford50 min
May 26, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan44 min
May 26, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXMerrimack42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.