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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT for Androscoggin County, Kennebec County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 26 min. 4 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, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Canton, ME | |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 S Rumford, ME | |
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Livermore Falls, ME | |
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Canton, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
818
WFUS51 KGYX 011949
TORGYX
MEC001-011-017-012015-
/O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0003.110601T1949Z-110601T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
349 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE...
WESTERN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
EASTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
CANTON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF BETHEL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON...LIVERMORE FALLS...WINTHROP AND MANCHESTER.
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 4427 6984 4429 7062 4447 7065 4451 7027
4450 7025 4446 7023 4448 7019 4449 7005
4451 7004 4453 7006 4455 6985
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 263DEG 38KT 4439 7049
$$
JCThe 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, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 25 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, 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 |
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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.