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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Gray, ME

July 8, 2020Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2020, 3:26 PM EDT for Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine; Coos County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2020, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2020, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Coos County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 8, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 7:37 PM EDT, 19 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:37 PM EDT, 19 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	4 hr
Jul 8, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	29 min
Jul 8, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	38 min
Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	52 min
Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	67 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford	44 min
Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland	50 min
Jul 8, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset	51 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	50 min
Jul 8, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford, York	41 min
Jul 8, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec	51 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo	51 min
Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford, York	46 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	39 min
Jul 8, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	51 min
Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	36 min
Jul 8, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford	34 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	40 min
Jul 8, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		88 min
Jul 8, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc and 1 more	43 min
Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Knox, Lincoln, Waldo	49 min
Jul 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo	2 hr
Jul 8, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		64 min
Jul 8, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	34 min
Jul 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, York	49 min
Jul 8, 3:29 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	40 hr
Jul 8, 9:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham	11 hr
Jul 8, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	53 min
Jul 8, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	46 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Sullivan	56 min
Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Sullivan	114 min
Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cheshire	31 min
Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire	53 min
Jul 8, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	33 min
Jul 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire	3 hr
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire	50 min
Jul 8, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford	48 min
Jul 8, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	50 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	51 min
Jul 8, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	41 min
Jul 8, 5:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Coos, Grafton	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Coos, Grafton	47 min
Jul 8, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Grafton	40 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	23 min
Jul 8, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2020 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.