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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Gray, ME

November 1, 2013Cumberland County, Sagadahoc County, York County, Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 2013, 12:32 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sagadahoc County, York County, Maine; Rockingham County, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 43 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
Nov 1, 2013, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2013, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Oct 31, 6:12 PM EDT, 18 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 6:12 PM EDT, 18 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 3:06 PM EDT, 21 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
306 PM EDT THU OCT 31 2013

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-011915-
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-
306 PM EDT THU OCT 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-011915-
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-
306 PM EDT THU OCT 31 2013

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY
NIGHT...

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.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford40 min
Nov 1, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXBelknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford, Sullivan50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.