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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

July 1, 2012Androscoggin County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT for Androscoggin County, Maine. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 1, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Androscoggin County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 1, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:32 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:47 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
300 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

MEZ012-019-020-011930-
ANDROSCOGGIN-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
300 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...OXFORD
COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 300 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CASCO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MECHANIC FALLS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND CASCO...POLAND...MINOT AND RANGE PONDS STATE PARK THROUGH 330
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.

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 4410 7024 4393 7035 4402 7058 4412 7049

MARINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln43 min
Jul 1, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln43 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland33 min
Jul 1, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSagadahoc44 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland42 min
Jul 1, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland26 min
Jul 1, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland27 min
Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland45 min
Jul 1, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland34 min
Jul 1, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll38 min
Jul 1, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton44 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXBelknap30 min
Jul 1, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.