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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Gray, ME

September 11, 2013Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 45 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, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

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 10, 5:31 PM EDT, 22 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 5:31 PM EDT, 22 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin51 min
Sep 11, 3:31 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX48 hr
Sep 11, 8:46 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGYXYork8 hr
Sep 11, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford34 min
Sep 11, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin67 min
Sep 11, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford50 min
Sep 11, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford58 min
Sep 11, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin64 min
Sep 11, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford48 min
Sep 11, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford41 min
Sep 11, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford57 min
Sep 11, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Oxford48 min
Sep 11, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset56 min
Sep 11, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos95 min
Sep 11, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos44 min
Sep 11, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos, Grafton66 min
Sep 11, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton55 min
Sep 11, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Grafton63 min
Sep 11, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton57 min
Sep 11, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll, Coos, Grafton64 min
Sep 11, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCaledonia27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.