Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 8:50 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2011, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603 WUUS51 KGYX 011250 SVRGYX MEC001-007-011-017-011315- /O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0021.110601T1250Z-110601T1315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 850 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... WESTERN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... EASTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 844 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF RUMFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILTON...JAY...LIVERMORE FALLS AND BELGRADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4465 6998 4439 6978 4443 7040 4461 7042 TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 266DEG 37KT 4453 7027 $$ JSJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 86 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 9:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 96 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Knox | 14 min |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Somerset | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 47 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 40 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.