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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Gray, ME

July 26, 2011Belknap County, Carroll County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT for Belknap County, Carroll County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Strafford 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
Jul 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:54 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
306 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

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

0300 PM     HAIL             2 NE GILFORD            43.57N  71.38W
07/26/2011  E1.00 INCH       BELKNAP            NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

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CORRECTED LOCATION

EVENT NUMBER GYX1100300

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:38 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

MEZ018-NHZ006-009-010-262130-
BELKNAP-INTERIOR YORK-SOUTHERN CARROLL-STRAFFORD-
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY...STRAFFORD
COUNTY...CARROLL COUNTY AND YORK COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 438 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF MIRROR
LAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF LACONIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
MIRROR LAKE...EAST ALTON...BRIDGEWATER...WOLFEBORO...WENTWORTH STATE
PARK...OSSIPEE...BROOKFIELD...WAKEFIELD...WEST NEWFIELD AND ACTON
THROUGH 530 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER
PASSES.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 5
MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4373 7086 4349 7082 4347 7134 4365 7137

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDT, 20 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
Jul 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	17 min
Jul 26, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	36 min
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	43 min
Jul 26, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		39 min
Jul 26, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	33 min
Jul 26, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset	56 min
Jul 26, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		54 min
Jul 26, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	38 min
Jul 26, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Strafford	46 min
Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sullivan	40 min
Jul 26, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan	50 min
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Grafton	91 min
Jul 26, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	52 min
Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Strafford	82 min
Jul 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack	32 min
Jul 26, 5:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Strafford	3 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.