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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Gray, ME

July 2, 2014Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 57 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 2, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME

The radar

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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 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 Jul 2, 12:33 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:33 PM EDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:08 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:58 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:02 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
320 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

MEZ007-008-012-013-021945-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
320 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 321 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF MILTON...OR ABOUT 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUMFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND NEWRY...MILTON...LOCKE
MILLS...HANOVER...BRYANT POND...BETHEL...RUMFORD...MEXICO...MOUNT
BLUE STATE PARK AND WILTON THROUGH 345 PM EDT.

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

LAT...LON 4478 7033 4456 7015 4426 7082 4444 7097

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
326 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0324 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LITTLETON               44.31N  71.77W
07/02/2014                   GRAFTON            NH   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULIPLE TREES DOWN IN LITTLETON AND BETHLEHEM. TREES ON
            WIRES. A TREE ON A GARAGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1400029

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 2:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	37 hr
Jul 2, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	28 min
Jul 2, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	28 min
Jul 2, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	25 min
Jul 2, 3:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	4 hr
Jul 2, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	34 min
Jul 2, 4:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Oxford	4 hr
Jul 2, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset	44 min
Jul 2, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	42 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	63 min
Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	35 min
Jul 2, 5:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	60 min
Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland	41 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	55 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	29 min
Jul 2, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 2, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sullivan	33 min
Jul 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Sullivan	4 hr
Jul 2, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	43 min
Jul 2, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	32 min
Jul 2, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll	44 min
Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	33 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	42 min
Jul 2, 3:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton, Sullivan	4 hr
Jul 2, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	28 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	49 min
Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Grafton	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack	3 hr
Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Caledonia	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.