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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME

June 1, 2011Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 5:35 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	Kingfield, ME
Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 2	5 Ene Kingfield, ME
Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	5 Ene Kingfield, ME	BROKE SKYLIGHTS AND AWNINGS
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 Sw Solon, ME
Jun 1, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Embden, ME	MULTIPLE ROADS BLOCKED TREES DOWN... POWER LINES DOWN

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, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 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.

712 
WFUS51 KGYX 012131
TORGYX
MEC007-025-012200-
/O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0004.110601T2131Z-110601T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  KINGFIELD...OR 17 MILES EAST OF RANGELEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KINGFIELD AND BINGHAM.

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 4512 6968 4491 6963 4491 7038 4505 7041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 263DEG 42KT 4497 7023

$$
JC

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, 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, 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, 5:42 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.