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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 3, 2015Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 4:06 PM EDT for Coos County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2015, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Coos County, NH

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2015-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2015-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 3, 3:16 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:16 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:34 AM EDT, 12 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
334 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>015-040745-
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-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
334 AM EDT MON AUG 3 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.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

ANZ150>154-040745-
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-
334 AM EDT MON AUG 3 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.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

ES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset43 min
Aug 3, 2:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX12 hr
Aug 3, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXSomerset3 hr
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset46 min
Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin46 min
Aug 3, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin51 min
Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset32 min
Aug 3, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset44 min
Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset42 min
Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYX40 min
Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin38 min
Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford44 min
Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset55 min
Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset61 min
Aug 3, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford3 hr
Aug 3, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSomerset47 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset43 min
Aug 3, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York51 min
Aug 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin, Oxford63 min
Aug 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset65 min
Aug 3, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton33 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton44 min
Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton40 min
Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCheshire, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan67 min
Aug 3, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos, Grafton31 min
Aug 3, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXGrafton3 hr
Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos, Grafton57 min
Aug 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton41 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan48 min
Aug 3, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos40 min
Aug 3, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton62 min
Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXCarroll, Coos, Grafton3 hr
Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos38 min
Aug 3, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham and 2 more40 min
Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCaledonia80 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Hampshire, 2015Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.