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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 2, 2011Cumberland County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 1:21 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 2, 2011, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2011, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

County Cumberland County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

433 
WWUS81 KGYX 021721
SPSGYX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
121 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

MEZ024-021745-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
121 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM
EDT...

AT 121 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESCENT BEACH
STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH PORTLAND...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN
AND AROUND CRESCENT BEACH STATE PARK...TWO LIGHTS STATE PARK AND CAPE
ELIZABETH THROUGH 145 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 4356 7032 4364 7026 4363 7019 4362 7019
      4363 7010 4360 7012 4360 7013 4362 7014
      4361 7020 4356 7019 4353 7023

$$

MARINE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 8:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Somerset	2 hr
Aug 1, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	35 min
Aug 1, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	30 min
Aug 1, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	33 min
Aug 1, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	46 min
Aug 2, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	52 min
Aug 2, 10:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	34 min
Aug 2, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	37 min
Aug 2, 10:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset	34 min
Aug 2, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	32 min
Aug 2, 11:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	23 min
Aug 2, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	31 min
Aug 2, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc	41 min
Aug 2, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	26 min
Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	31 min
Aug 2, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc	38 min
Aug 2, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Somerset, Waldo	40 min
Aug 2, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc	35 min
Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	32 min
Aug 2, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	24 min
Aug 2, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	32 min
Aug 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	26 min
Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	36 min
Aug 2, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		67 min
Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	36 min
Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	60 min
Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	58 min
Aug 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	32 min
Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	30 min
Aug 2, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		39 min
Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	51 min
Aug 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		33 min
Aug 2, 9:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	23 min
Aug 2, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos	35 min
Aug 2, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	32 min
Aug 2, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	36 min
Aug 2, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	26 min
Aug 2, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	29 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.