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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Gray, ME

July 4, 2012Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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: Jul 4, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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
Jul 4, 6:28 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	5 Sse Greenwood, ME
Jul 4, 6:37 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Greenwood, ME	TREES DOWN ON CARS GREENWOOD RD

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

065 
WUUS51 KGYX 042223
SVRGYX
MEC017-042330-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0034.120704T2223Z-120704T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
623 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

* AT 614 PM 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 NEAR
  BETHEL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRYANT
  POND...WATERFORD AND SOUTH PARIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

&&

LAT...LON 4454 7067 4427 7030 4422 7032 4418 7036
      4407 7060 4411 7061 4413 7059 4417 7063
      4414 7068 4412 7075 4443 7099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 318DEG 22KT 4436 7073

$$
EKSTER

1 follow-up statement

873 
WWUS51 KGYX 042257
SVSGYX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
657 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEC017-042308-
/O.CAN.KGYX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120704T2330Z/
OXFORD ME-
657 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAT...LON 4454 7067 4427 7030 4422 7032 4418 7036
      4407 7060 4411 7061 4413 7059 4417 7063
      4414 7068 4412 7075 4443 7099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 318DEG 22KT 4420 7053

$$
MLE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
259 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL
PRODUCE LINGERING CLOUDS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ON THURSDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATE THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED TO OUR NORTHEAST WITH ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH DEW POINTS RISING INTO THE 60'S.
CONVECTION HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE UPSTREAM ACROSS QUEBEC PAST
SEVERAL HOURS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING SURFACE TROUGH AND SHORT
WAVE. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER INTO NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE
WITH SCATTERED STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY
HAIL. ACTIVITY GRADUALLY WEAKENS AFTER DARK BEFORE ENDING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WITH PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE FRONT AND UPPER
SUPPORT. A BLEND OF MET/MAV TEMPS WERE USED TO INITIALIZE MIN
TEMPS THEN ADJUSTED UPWARDS BY SEVERAL DEGREES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
WITH SURFACE LOW OFFSHORE AND UPPER TROUGH/ COOL AIR ALOFT THERE
WILL BE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST
CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD RANGE FROM
THE 70S TO LOWER 80S.

WE SHOULD GRADUALLY CLEAR OUT THURSDAY EVENING AS THE RIDGE BEGINS
TO NOSE IN FROM THE WEST WITH PATCHY VALLEY FOG DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT. A COMFORTABLE SLEEPING NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 50'S AND
LOWER 60'S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE RIPPLES IN
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SHIFT IT EAST. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL MOVE
THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PROVIDING LITTLE CHANGE TO THE SENSIBLE
WEATHER BESIDES INCREASING CLOUDS AND A LIGHT WIND SHIFT. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING HOWEVER AS THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST AND CROSS
BARRIER FLOW DEVELOPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON SATURDAY
CONVECTION WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
WITH MORE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL
PERSIST SUNDAY OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE DOMINATED BY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WHICH WILL BLEED OVER FROM THE REST OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED
STATES. ALOFT THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WEAK
TROUGHING...AND PERIODIC SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL KEEP CLOUDS VARIABLE
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN FROM TIME TO TIME DESPITE THE INFLUENCE OF THE SURFACE HIGH.
INITIALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM IN THE EXTENDED
FORECAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...PEAKING IN THE 80S AND 90S.
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE EXTENDED WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...SCT MVFR THROUGH EVENING IN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THEN SCT MVFR OVERNIGHT WITH LCL IFR
POSSIBLE IN VALLEY FOG. VFR EXPECTED THU WITH ISOLD MVFR IN -SHRA.
SCT MVFR THU NIGHT IN VALLEY FOG.

LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES SATURDAY DROPPING VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS IN TSRA AND
FOG THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BY
LATE SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...WINDS AND SEAS LOOK TO REMAIN
BELOW SMALL CRAFT THRESHOLD. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING.

LONG TERM...WINDS MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA OR 25 KTS LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS.

&&

.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WILL OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. THE 1224 AM HIGH TIDE...COMBINED WITH A LIGHT ONSHORE
WIND...SHOULD BE JUST UNDER 12 FT MLLW AT PORTLAND. FLOOD STAGE
AT PORTLAND IS 12 FT MLLW. SOME MINOR SPLASH OVER IS POSSIBLE ALONG
THE COAST. THE HIGH TIDE MAY ALSO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG AND
NEAR THE WHARFS IN PORTLAND AND IN THE BACK BAY AREA OF HAMPTON.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

ES/HANES

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 12:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1246 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-051700-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
1246 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WILL OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. THE 1224 AM HIGH TIDE...COMBINED WITH A LIGHT ONSHORE
WIND...SHOULD BE JUST UNDER 12 FT MLLW AT PORTLAND. FLOOD STAGE
AT PORTLAND IS 12 FT MLLW. SOME MINOR SPLASH OVER IS POSSIBLE ALONG
THE COAST. THE HIGH TIDE MAY ALSO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG AND
NEAR THE WHARFS IN PORTLAND AND IN THE BACK BAY AREA OF HAMPTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-051700-
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
1246 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT
BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER
MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERS TODAY...ESPECIALLY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN
SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...AS WELL AS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCHWIBS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
408 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEZ007-NHZ001-042100-
NORTHERN COOS-NORTHERN OXFORD-
408 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 408 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 2 MILES EAST OF PITTSBURG...
OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANAAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
PITTSBURG...LAKE FRANCIS STATE PARK...CLARKSVILLE...COLEMAN STATE
PARK...DIXVILLE NOTCH...DIXVILLE NOTCH STATE PARK...WILSONS MILLS...
LINCOLN PLANTATION...WENTWORTHS LOCATION AND ERROL THROUGH 500 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.

LAT...LON 4518 7134 4503 7083 4474 7107 4474 7110
      4500 7150 4502 7151

MPK

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
505 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEZ007-008-012-NHZ001-002-042200-
NORTHERN COOS-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN
COOS-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
505 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY...COOS COUNTY AND
FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF COLEMAN STATE PARK...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF COLEBROOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LAKE FRANCIS
STATE PARK...COLEMAN STATE PARK...DIXVILLE NOTCH...CLARKSVILLE...
DIXVILLE NOTCH STATE PARK...MILLSFIELD...WILSONS MILLS...LINCOLN
PLANTATION...ERROL AND WENTWORTHS LOCATION THROUGH 600 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.

LAT...LON 4515 7124 4471 7051 4447 7081 4492 7152

MLE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:33 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
533 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MONROE                  44.24N  72.04W
07/04/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NH 135 BLOCKED FROM TREE NEAR TOWN HALL

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1200114

MPK

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:36 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
536 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATH                    44.17N  71.97W
07/04/2012                   GRAFTON            NH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS IN BATH... NH
            AND ALONG US 302

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1200115

MPK

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
542 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEZ007-012-042245-
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
542 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM
EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON NOTCH STATE
PARK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF RUMFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GRAFTON
NOTCH STATE PARK...ANDOVER...NEWRY...HANOVER...BETHEL...RUMFORD...
MEXICO...MILTON...LOCKE MILLS AND BRYANT POND THROUGH 645 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.

LAT...LON 4441 7030 4435 7092 4468 7100 4469 7074

MLE

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
610 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

MEZ018-023-042300-
COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR YORK-
610 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT YORK COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 610 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER LYMAN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF
BIDDEFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL
AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LYMAN...WATERBORO...GOODWINS MILLS...
SACO...BIDDEFORD...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KENNEBUNK...FERRY BEACH STATE
PARK...WELLS AND OGUNQUIT THROUGH 700 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 4322 7061 4355 7073 4360 7049 4352 7037
      4347 7037 4344 7033 4339 7042 4335 7042
      4333 7046 4333 7052 4331 7055 4326 7058
      4324 7057

MLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	2 hr
Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	45 min
Jul 4, 4:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	4 hr
Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	45 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	63 min
Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	55 min
Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	50 min
Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	41 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	40 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland	65 min
Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	45 min
Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York	90 min
Jul 4, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	52 min
Jul 4, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		85 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.