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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Gray, ME

August 6, 2014Cumberland County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2014, 2:52 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 6, 2014, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cumberland County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Aug 6, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:35 AM EDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
235 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-070645-
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-
235 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-070645-
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-
235 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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, Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:16 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
216 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

MEZ024>026-061915-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-LINCOLN-SAGADAHOC-
216 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SAGADAHOC COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY
AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 217 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARROWSIC...OR ABOUT
3 MILES SOUTH OF BATH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOOLWICH...BRUNSWICK
NAVAL AIR STATION...BRUNSWICK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...BATH...
PHIPPSBURG...ARROWSIC...WESTPORT...POPHAM BEACH STATE PARK...
GEORGETOWN AND BOOTHBAY THROUGH 315 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.

LAT...LON 4383 6950 4383 6953 4386 6953 4382 6954
      4381 6958 4375 6957 4376 6958 4375 6963
      4380 6962 4377 6966 4381 6970 4373 6976
      4370 6976 4373 6976 4370 6984 4386 7001
      4400 6986 4386 6948

MLE

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
230 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

MEZ018-019-023-024-061900-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR YORK-
230 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT YORK COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 230 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER STANDISH...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH WINDHAM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND STEEP FALLS...FRYE
ISLAND...LIMINGTON...STANDISH...LOWER BAY...BAR MILLS...NORTH
WINDHAM...BUXTON...SOUTH WINDHAM AND GORHAM 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.

LAT...LON 4370 7077 4386 7067 4381 7013 4371 7019
      4367 7023 4366 7022 4352 7031

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
238 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

MEZ022-027-028-061945-
COASTAL WALDO-INTERIOR WALDO-KNOX-
238 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT KNOX COUNTY AND WALDO COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 239 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF SEARSMONT...OR ABOUT 10
MILES WEST OF BELFAST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON...WALDO...
MORRILL...MONTVILLE...LIBERTY...APPLETON...SEARSMONT...SWAN LAKE
STATE PARK...SWANVILLE AND HOPE THROUGH 345 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.

LAT...LON 4406 6886 4410 6896 4417 6892 4417 6900
      4431 6894 4415 6907 4430 6945 4461 6904
      4449 6881 4446 6880 4442 6887 4444 6891
      4442 6897 4434 6893 4440 6889 4438 6886
      4436 6885 4418 6894 4416 6891 4419 6879

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	23 min
Aug 5, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	38 min
Aug 5, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	35 min
Aug 5, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	23 min
Aug 5, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	33 min
Aug 5, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	31 min
Aug 5, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	66 min
Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	49 min
Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	68 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sagadahoc	67 min
Aug 6, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sagadahoc	59 min
Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	30 min
Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		66 min
Aug 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	25 min
Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		63 min
Aug 6, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	47 min
Aug 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc	53 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	61 min
Aug 6, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc	49 min
Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		62 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	57 min
Aug 6, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	67 min
Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	25 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	28 min
Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	34 min
Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Strafford	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.