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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 6, 2016Somerset County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 10:59 AM EDT for Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2016, 10:59 AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2016, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Somerset County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2016-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 6, 6:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:30 AM EDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
330 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>013-015-070730-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
330 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MAINE...SOUTH CENTRAL
MAINE...SOUTHWEST MAINE...WEST CENTRAL MAINE...WESTERN MAINE...NEW
HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

MEZ023>028-NHZ014-070730-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
330 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MAINE...SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THREAT WOULD BE
DAMAGING WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

ANZ150>154-070730-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON, ME TO PORT CLYDE, ME OUT 25 NM-
PENOBSCOT BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE, ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH, ME OUT 25 NM-
CASCO BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH, ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER, MA OUT
25 NM-
330 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

ARNOTT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:59 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1059 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

MEZ008-009-061545-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN ME-CENTRAL SOMERSET ME-
1059 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MAINE
  CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN MAINE

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1059 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COBURN GORE...MOVING TO THE
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COBURN GORE AND AREAS ALONG 201 SOUTH OF JACKMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SLOW DOWN AND DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.

&&

LAT...LON 4561 7004 4526 6999 4530 7082 4532 7080
      4534 7082 4537 7080 4540 7082 4543 7080
      4543 7077 4542 7074 4539 7072 4539 7068
      4538 7065 4540 7062 4543 7063 4545 7068
      4549 7072 4550 7071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 269DEG 38KT 4539 7072

CEMPA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin53 min
Aug 6, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin27 min
Aug 6, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin32 min
Aug 6, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec33 min
Aug 6, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin30 min
Aug 6, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec24 min
Aug 6, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin25 min
Aug 6, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln27 min
Aug 6, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox46 min
Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo36 min
Aug 6, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXSagadahoc27 min
Aug 6, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln34 min
Aug 6, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX37 min
Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Lincoln35 min
Aug 6, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX67 min
Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln31 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXBelknap28 min
Aug 6, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXStrafford45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.