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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Gray, ME

July 31, 2014Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2014, 6:42 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 33 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 31, 2014, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Somerset County, ME

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 31, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 6:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
214 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2014

MEZ012-013-311900-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
214 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 214 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERU...
OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RUMFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
DIXFIELD...PERU AND WILTON THROUGH 300 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

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 4436 7051 4441 7059 4470 7039 4470 7037
      4458 7019

HANES

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
217 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2014

MEZ020-021-311900-
ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
217 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY AND KENNEBEC
COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 217 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEEDS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MECHANIC FALLS...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURNER TO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MECHANIC FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
TURNER...MECHANIC FALLS...LIVERMORE... AND MOUNT VERNON THROUGH 300
PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

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 4461 6983 4430 7009 4406 7048 4422 7032
      4429 7030 4436 7025

HANES

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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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 31, 5:32 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	28 min
Jul 31, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	25 min
Jul 31, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	30 min
Jul 31, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	24 min
Jul 31, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	46 min
Jul 31, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	43 min
Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	28 min
Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	43 min
Jul 31, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	44 min
Jul 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	90 min
Jul 31, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	22 min
Jul 31, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	52 min
Jul 31, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	39 min
Jul 31, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton	47 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.