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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2014, 3:07 PM EDT for York County, Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 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
- Aug 7, 2014, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 7, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 2:31 AM EDT, 12 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 231 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 MEZ012>014-018>028-NHZ003>010-013-014-080645- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 231 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-002-080645- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS- 231 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ150>154-080645- 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- 231 AM EDT THU AUG 7 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 155 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 MEZ012-013-020-021-071830- ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 155 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...OXFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND KENNEBEC COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 155 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVERMORE FALLS... OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF TURNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LIVERMORE FALLS...JAY...FAYETTE...WINTHROP...WALES...READFIELD...MONMOUTH... MANCHESTER...LEEDS AND HALLOWELL THROUGH 230 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 4428 6979 4414 7004 4445 7032 4456 7012 !SJC
Local storm report, Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
210 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0206 PM HAIL NORTH HAVERHILL 44.08N 72.02W
08/07/2014 M0.50 INCH GRAFTON NH COOP 2
&&
EVENT NUMBER GYX1400203
MCLocal storm report, Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 111 min |
| Aug 7, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Oxford, York | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 54 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset, Waldo | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Waldo | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 63 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 111 min |
| Aug 7, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Strafford | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Strafford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Sullivan | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Strafford | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Rockingham, Strafford | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.