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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Gray, ME

July 19, 2015Cumberland County, Oxford County, York County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Oxford County, York County, Maine. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 19, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2015, 6:13 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME, York County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 19, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:16 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:29 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:38 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	58 min
Jul 19, 3:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Knox	42 min
Jul 19, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	62 min
Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	49 min
Jul 19, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		55 min
Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	20 min
Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	43 min
Jul 19, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland	40 min
Jul 19, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford, York	55 min
Jul 19, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	39 min
Jul 19, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	28 min
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	48 min
Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	24 min
Jul 19, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	45 min
Jul 19, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	39 min
Jul 18, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	48 min
Jul 19, 9:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	38 min
Jul 19, 9:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	50 min
Jul 19, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	33 min
Jul 19, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Strafford	44 min
Jul 19, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	49 min
Jul 19, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	24 min
Jul 19, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford	49 min
Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	48 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	32 min
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	45 min
Jul 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Grafton	64 min
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Grafton, Merrimack	60 min
Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	66 min
Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack	48 min
Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Merrimack, Sullivan	43 min
Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford	40 min
Jul 19, 7:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	3 hr
Jul 19, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.