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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME

July 18, 2016Franklin County, Somerset County, Maine

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 2:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGKingfield, MENUMEROUS TREES AND LINES DOWN ON ROUTE 16. ROAD BLOCKED FOR TWO HOURS. HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
Jul 18, 2:05 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Kingfield, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 18, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
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

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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

$$

ARNOTT
1 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

$$

ARNOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and 1 more6 hr
Jul 18, 3:38 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more4 hr
Jul 18, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYX54 min
Jul 18, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford44 min
Jul 18, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford65 min
Jul 18, 1:28 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXOxford32 min
Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford61 min
Jul 18, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset63 min
Jul 18, 2:20 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXFranklin15 min
Jul 18, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset, Waldo53 min
Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXSomerset57 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland39 min
Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York45 min
Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX62 min
Jul 18, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo33 min
Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland40 min
Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford38 min
Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX35 min
Jul 18, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin26 min
Jul 18, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin33 min
Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin47 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset57 min
Jul 18, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Waldo67 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford30 min
Jul 18, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York27 min
Jul 18, 7:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXKennebec, Somerset66 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.