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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2013, 10:04 PM EDT for 6 counties in Maine; Strafford County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 1951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
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 Sep 11, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 750 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-028-NHZ001>009-130000- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- 750 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 521 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. MEZ018-019-023>027-NHZ010-013-014-130000- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 750 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. ANZ150>154-130000- 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- 750 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 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...TONIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WATERS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 54 min |
| Sep 11, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 23 min |
| Sep 11, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 95 min | |
| Sep 11, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 37 min |
| Sep 11, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 57 min |
| Sep 11, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 93 min | |
| Sep 11, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 86 min | |
| Sep 11, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 24 min | |
| Sep 11, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 64 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 55 min |
| Sep 12, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 57 min |
| Sep 12, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc | 63 min |
| Sep 12, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 54 min |
| Sep 12, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 65 min | |
| Sep 12, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 93 min | |
| Sep 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 46 min |
| Sep 12, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Knox, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 55 min |
| Sep 12, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 25 min |
| Sep 12, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 43 min |
| Sep 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 84 min | |
| Sep 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc | 63 min |
| Sep 12, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 44 min |
| Sep 12, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 51 min |
| Sep 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 119 min |
| Sep 12, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec, Oxford | 66 min |
| Sep 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll, Grafton, Sullivan | 67 min |
| Sep 11, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack | 57 min |
| Sep 11, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 53 min |
| Sep 11, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Grafton | 91 min |
| Sep 12, 4:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 60 min |
| Sep 12, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham, Strafford | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham, Strafford | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos, Grafton | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Merrimack | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 55 min |
| Sep 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Carroll, Coos, Grafton | 119 min |
| Sep 12, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Caledonia | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.