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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

June 1, 2011Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 32 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 12 S Bryant Pond, ME
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 12 W Bethel, MEFEW HAILSTONES AND FUNNEL CLOUD TO NORTH
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Bethel, ME
Jun 1, 3:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Locke Mills, METWO LARGE TREES DOWN ON BIRD HILL ROAD IN LOCKE MILLS
Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDTTORNADO1 Ene Locke Mills, MEEF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED ON SOUTHWEST SHORE OF NORTH POND 2 MILES NW OF BRYANT POND
Jun 1, 3:40 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Bryant Pond, ME

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
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

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The text

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

804 
WFUS51 KGYX 011913
TORGYX
MEC017-011945-
/O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0002.110601T1913Z-110601T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
313 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  BETHEL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
  HAS A HISTORY OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BETHEL...LOCKE MILLS...BRYANT POND...RUMFORD AND MEXICO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE REPORT A TORNADO...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MAINE.

&&

LAT...LON 4465 7056 4462 7054 4461 7055 4461 7053
      4436 7040 4430 7101 4449 7102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 249DEG 37KT 4442 7093

$$
JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford33 min
Jun 1, 8:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork62 min
Jun 1, 8:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX86 min
Jun 1, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin25 min
Jun 1, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin46 min
Jun 1, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford25 min
Jun 1, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork45 min
Jun 1, 9:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford29 min
Jun 1, 9:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork24 min
Jun 1, 9:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec36 min
Jun 1, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Knox, Lincoln33 min
Jun 1, 9:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX96 min
Jun 1, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln, Sagadahoc49 min
Jun 1, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox14 min
Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford33 min
Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford33 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset38 min
Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York47 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset34 min
Jun 1, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford33 min
Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford26 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin41 min
Jun 1, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, Sagadahoc34 min
Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford32 min
Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset47 min
Jun 1, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin48 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin46 min
Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc47 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin38 min
Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset45 min
Jun 1, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset29 min
Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec48 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset46 min
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXSomerset24 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo33 min
Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYX47 min
Jun 1, 6:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset3 hr
Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset32 min
Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.