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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Gray, ME

July 21, 20154 counties in Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 45 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 21, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 7:49 PM EDT, 21 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 7:49 PM EDT, 21 hours 56 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 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	55 min
Jul 21, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	42 min
Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	48 min
Jul 21, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	38 min
Jul 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	39 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.