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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Gray, ME

July 29, 2015Cumberland County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2015, 3:10 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 50 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 29, 2015, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cumberland County, ME

The radar

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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 29, 2:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
400 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

MEZ007>009-012>014-019>022-024>028-NHZ001>005-300800-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
400 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

MEZ018-023-NHZ006>015-300800-
INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-
BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
400 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE MID 90S TODAY BUT ARE
CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

ANZ150>154-300800-
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-
400 AM EDT WED JUL 29 2015

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.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MARINE
WATERS ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ARNOTT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:13 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec43 min
Jul 29, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin41 min
Jul 29, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec51 min
Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc53 min
Jul 29, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork47 min
Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc44 min
Jul 29, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX25 min
Jul 29, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford43 min
Jul 29, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec49 min
Jul 29, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin48 min
Jul 29, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec48 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.