Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:26 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Industry, ME | |
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nne Industry, ME | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
599 WFUS51 KGYX 152116 TORGYX MEC007-025-152200- /O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0002.140715T2116Z-140715T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 516 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT... * AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FARMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MADISON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4495 7000 4475 6971 4456 7012 4468 7029 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 236DEG 32KT 4468 7016 $$ MLE
3 follow-up statements
959 WWUS51 KGYX 152129 SVSGYX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 529 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MEC007-025-152200- /O.CON.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140715T2200Z/ SOMERSET ME-FRANKLIN ME- 529 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTIES... AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDUSTRY...OR NEAR FARMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANSON... MADISON AND NORTH ANSON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4461 7014 4469 7028 4495 7000 4475 6971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 224DEG 42KT 4480 7001 $$ MLE
939 WWUS51 KGYX 152146 SVSGYX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 546 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MEC007-025-152200- /O.CON.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140715T2200Z/ SOMERSET ME-FRANKLIN ME- 546 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTIES... AT 542 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STARKS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SKOWHEGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC STORM WAS NEAR EAST WILTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF FARMINGTON. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANSON AND MADISON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4461 7014 4469 7028 4486 6987 4475 6971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 237DEG 37KT 4475 6991 $$ MLE
056 WWUS51 KGYX 152157 SVSGYX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 557 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MEC007-025-152207- /O.EXP.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140715T2200Z/ SOMERSET ME-FRANKLIN ME- 557 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4461 7014 4469 7028 4486 6987 4475 6971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 237DEG 37KT 4467 6962 $$ MLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | GYX | 42 hr | |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 57 min | |
| Jul 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | York | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 67 min | |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Waldo | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 65 min | |
| Jul 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Knox | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.