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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 5, 2014Sagadahoc County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT for Sagadahoc County, Maine. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

County Sagadahoc County, ME

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-061000-
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-
306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-061000-
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-
306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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 5, 5:24 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:55 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:14 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
621 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014

MEZ019-024-025-052300-
COASTAL CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
621 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SAGADAHOC COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND
COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 621 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER FREEPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRUNSWICK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOLFES NECK WOODS STATE
PARK...COUSINS ISLAND...BRADBURY MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...YARMOUTH...
POWNAL...FREEPORT...HARPSWELL...TOPSHAM...BRUNSWICK AND BRUNSWICK
NAVAL AIR STATION THROUGH 700 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY.

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER
PASSES.

LAT...LON 4375 6979 4375 6987 4376 6988 4375 6990
      4376 7007 4378 7007 4376 7012 4377 7023
      4394 7018 4391 7012 4396 7005 4397 6982

KIMBLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	33 min
Aug 5, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	37 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	31 min
Aug 5, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	36 min
Aug 5, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	50 min
Aug 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	24 min
Aug 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	29 min
Aug 5, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	25 min
Aug 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	62 min
Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Somerset	85 min
Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	25 min
Aug 5, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	36 min
Aug 5, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	37 min
Aug 5, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	35 min
Aug 5, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	26 min
Aug 5, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	25 min
Aug 5, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	23 min
Aug 5, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	26 min
Aug 5, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	28 min

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Special Weather Statements in Maine, 2014 Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.