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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT for Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Franklin County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kingfield, ME | NUMEROUS TREES AND LINES DOWN ON ROUTE 16. ROAD BLOCKED FOR TWO HOURS. HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. |
| Jul 18, 2:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kingfield, ME |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 18, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
706
WFUS51 KGYX 181744
TORGYX
MEC007-025-181815-
/O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0002.160718T1744Z-160718T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
144 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
* AT 144 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF PHILLIPS...OR 14 MILES EAST
OF RANGELEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINGFIELD AND CARRABASSETT VALLEY AROUND 200 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
REDINGTON...FREEMAN...MOUNT ABRAM...LEXINGTON...SALEM...NEW
PORTLAND...NEW VINEYARD...CONCORD...INDUSTRY AND STRONG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4494 7050 4506 7042 4502 6997 4480 7002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 281DEG 37KT 4496 7036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ARNOTT1 follow-up statement
743
WWUS51 KGYX 181759
SVSGYX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
159 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
MEC007-025-181815-
/O.CON.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T1815Z/
FRANKLIN ME-SOMERSET ME-
159 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES...
AT 159 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGFIELD...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NEW PORTLAND...LEXINGTON...MOUNT
ABRAM...FREEMAN... SALEM...CONCORD...NEW VINEYARD...EMBDEN AND ANSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4493 7036 4500 7028 4503 7012 4502 6997
4485 7001
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 279DEG 29KT 4494 7022
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ARNOTTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:38 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | 54 min | |
| Jul 18, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Oxford | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Somerset | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Franklin | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Somerset | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 62 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 35 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Somerset | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Waldo | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Kennebec, Somerset | 66 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.