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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2013, 5:21 PM EDT for Knox County, Lincoln County, Waldo County, Maine. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 20, 2013, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Waldo County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 2810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
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 20, 5:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 5:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 309 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-210115- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- 309 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL WITH ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. ANZ150>154-210115- 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- 309 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ018>028-NHZ003>010-013-014-210115- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 309 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 NHZ002-003-202000- NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN COOS- 332 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COOS COUNTY AND GRAFTON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES WEST OF CARROLL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND FOREST LAKE STATE PARK...WHITEFIELD...BETHLEHEM...TWIN MOUNTAIN...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...RANDOLPH...MOUNT WASHINGTON...MOOSE BROOK STATE PARK AND SHELBURNE THROUGH 400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 4443 7117 4425 7118 4426 7172 4442 7169 KIMBLE
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
MEZ022-202015-
INTERIOR WALDO-
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WALDO COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER BROOKS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF
THORNDIKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL
AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND BROOKS...JACKSON...SWAN LAKE STATE PARK...
MONROE...WINTERPORT AND FRANKFORT THROUGH 415 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 4463 6883 4460 6883 4449 6916 4457 6926
4466 6914 4470 6886 4470 6884 4468 6881
4467 6881
KIMBLESpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
405 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
MEZ008-009-012>014-020>022-202045-
ANDROSCOGGIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-INTERIOR WALDO-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN
FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
405 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...SOMERSET
COUNTY...OXFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...WALDO COUNTY AND KENNEBEC
COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW PORTLAND
TO TEMPLE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON TO 3 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON TO 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUMFORD...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EAST WILTON...WILTON...
TEMPLE...SUMNER...STRONG...PERU...NEW VINEYARD...NEW PORTLAND...
KINGFIELD AND FARMINGTON THROUGH 445 PM EDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL PONDING IN STREETS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
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 4440 6932 4438 7051 4467 7029 4499 7016
4500 6932 4474 6926 4473 6921 4472 6919
4465 6918 4466 6914 4465 6913
MPKLocal storm report, Jul 20, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
409 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 44.80N 69.88W
07/19/2013 SOMERSET ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN MADISON REPORTED BY SHERIIFS
OFFICE
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER GYX1300247
BROWNLocal storm report, Jul 20, 5:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford, York | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 90 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 53 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 63 min | |
| Jul 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll, Coos, Grafton | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Sullivan | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 11:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Merrimack, Sullivan | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 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.