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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Gray, ME

July 30, 2013Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2013, 2:18 AM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2013, 2:18 AM EDT (06:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

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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 30, 12:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 10 hours 59 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

Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:26 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:05 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
205 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2013

MEZ009-300645-
CENTRAL SOMERSET-
205 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOMERSET COUNTY THROUGH 245 AM
EDT...

AT 205 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BRASSUA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN
AND AROUND LONG POND...BRASSUA...MOOSEHEAD AND ROCKWOOD THROUGH 245
AM EDT.

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45
TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 4568 6976 4568 6974 4566 6971 4564 6969
      4557 6971 4557 6972 4554 6977 4546 6974
      4543 7002 4564 7011 4572 6980

ES
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:14 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset44 min
Jul 30, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset49 min
Jul 30, 2:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset40 min
Jul 30, 2:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset31 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.