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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 6, 2014Strafford County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2014, 7:35 PM EDT for Strafford County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2014, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:35 AM EDT, 17 hours 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

Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
413 PM EDT WED AUG 06 2014

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

0340 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND PORTLAND BUOY           43.53N  70.14W
08/06/2014  M40 MPH          ANZ154             ME   BUOY

&&

EVENT NUMBER GYX1400197

MPK
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
458 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

MEZ019-020-062145-
ANDROSCOGGIN-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-
458 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MECHANIC FALLS...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN
AND AROUND MECHANIC FALLS...POLAND...MINOT...LEWISTON...AUBURN...
SABATTUS...RANGE PONDS STATE PARK...LISBON...BOWDOIN AND DURHAM
THROUGH 545 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 4402 7004 4400 7003 4399 7005 4398 7003
      4395 7006 4388 7030 4410 7044 4421 7033
      4427 7022 4406 7002 4403 7002

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford23 min
Aug 5, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork38 min
Aug 5, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford35 min
Aug 5, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin23 min
Aug 5, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin33 min
Aug 5, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin31 min
Aug 5, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin66 min
Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec49 min
Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln68 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSagadahoc67 min
Aug 6, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSagadahoc59 min
Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland30 min
Aug 6, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland38 min
Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX66 min
Aug 6, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork25 min
Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX63 min
Aug 6, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin47 min
Aug 6, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc53 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork61 min
Aug 6, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc49 min
Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX62 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork57 min
Aug 6, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec67 min
Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXBelknap25 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll28 min
Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Hampshire, 2014Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.