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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Gray, ME

July 29, 2013Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2013, 5:57 PM EDT for Androscoggin County, Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2013, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2013-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 29, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
319 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-301930-
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-
319 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2013

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-301930-
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-
319 PM EDT MON JUL 29 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 29, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:34 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset27 min
Jul 29, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset44 min
Jul 29, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset42 min
Jul 29, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin24 min
Jul 29, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin35 min
Jul 29, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork26 min
Jul 29, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin25 min
Jul 29, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos26 min
Jul 29, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll35 min
Jul 29, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXBelknap, Carroll, Grafton84 min
Jul 29, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham48 min
Jul 29, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford42 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.