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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 9, 2012Kennebec County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 9, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

County Kennebec County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT, 23 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT, 23 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	43 min
Aug 9, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	52 min
Aug 9, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	39 min
Aug 9, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	50 min
Aug 9, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	43 min
Aug 9, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	48 min
Aug 9, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	32 min
Aug 9, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	27 min
Aug 9, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	York	53 min
Aug 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Merrimack	34 min
Aug 9, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	34 min
Aug 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	38 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maine, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.