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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 2:44 PM EDT for Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 31 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 7, 2018, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 7, 12:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
1150 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
MEZ009-071615-
Central Somerset-
1150 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY...
At 1149 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Rockwood, or 9 miles northwest of Greenville, moving northeast at 50
mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rockwood, Sapling, Indian Stream, Chase Stream, Misery Gore, Misery,
Taunton And Raynham Academy Grant, Parlin Pond, Johnson Mountain,
Sandwich Academy Grant and West Fork Plantation.
If you are on or near Moosehead Lake, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4565 6973 4566 6970 4564 6970 4563 6971
4562 6970 4561 6971 4558 6971 4557 6973
4555 6975 4554 6978 4547 6976 4543 7001
4554 7004 4568 6974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 245DEG 45KT 4556 6973
LegroSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
212 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
NHZ007-011-015-071845-
Western And Central Hillsborough-Cheshire-Sullivan-
212 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHESHIRE AND
NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...
At 212 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Nelson, or 11
miles east of Keene, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Keene, Henniker, New Boston, Antrim, Greenfield, Francestown,
Bennington, Harrisville, Nelson, Windsor, Roxbury, Hancock, Deering,
Sullivan, Hillsborough, Gilsum, Weare, Marlborough and Washington.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4320 7191 4312 7186 4313 7177 4299 7168
4291 7224 4303 7228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 246DEG 20KT 4301 7208
LegroSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
244 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
MEZ012-020-071915-
Southern Oxford-Androscoggin-
244 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OXFORD AND NORTH
CENTRAL ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES...
At 243 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Canton, or 11
miles southeast of Rumford, moving east at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Turner, Dixfield, Canton, Leeds, Livermore, Hartford, Sumner, Peru,
Woodstock and West Paris.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4434 7017 4437 7054 4443 7054 4453 7029
4451 7028 4450 7025 4446 7024 4447 7020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 260DEG 23KT 4441 7041
LegroThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Somerset | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sagadahoc | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Waldo | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cheshire | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.