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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT for Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 30 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 8, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2018, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Cheshire County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 8, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 316 PM EDT Wed Aug 8 2018 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>015-091930- 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-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- Coastal Rockingham-Western And Central Hillsborough- 316 PM EDT Wed Aug 8 2018 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...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and continue into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150>154-091930- 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- 316 PM EDT Wed Aug 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
333 PM EDT WED AUG 08 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0332 PM HEAVY RAIN MERIDEN 43.55N 72.25W
08/08/2018 M1.00 INCH SULLIVAN NH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER GYX1803415
BROWNSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 4:48 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
448 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
NHZ011-082130-
Cheshire-
448 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CHESHIRE
COUNTY...
At 447 PM EDT, an area of thunderstorms were clustered over
Winchester, or 10 miles southeast of Brattleboro, moving east at 30
mph. These storms were producing heavy rainfall at the rate of 2 to
3 inches per hour.
Locations impacted include...
Keene, Jaffrey, Swanzey, Rindge, Winchester, Dublin, Richmond,
Harrisville, Nelson, Marlborough, Hinsdale, Roxbury, Fitzwilliam,
Troy, Chesterfield and Westmoreland.
This also includes...
Mount Monadnock.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4288 7255 4290 7253 4292 7252 4299 7208
4272 7208 4273 7246 4276 7248 4277 7249
4277 7252 4278 7251 4281 7254 4285 7256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 252DEG 25KT 4279 7240
LegroSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 5:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 515 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018 NHZ011-015-082145- Western And Central Hillsborough-Cheshire- 515 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHESHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES... At 515 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Marlborough, or near Jaffrey, moving east at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Keene, Jaffrey, Winchendon, Swanzey, Peterborough, Antrim, Greenfield, Dublin, Bennington, Royalston, Richmond, Harrisville, Nelson, Marlborough, Rindge, Hancock, New Ipswich, Sharon, Roxbury and Fitzwilliam. This also includes... Mount Monadnock. 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 4272 7232 4296 7228 4303 7193 4271 7184 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 253DEG 11KT 4286 7213 Legro
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cheshire | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cheshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack | 3 hr |
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.