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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Gray, ME

July 30, 20204 counties in Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2020, 4:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. 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 30, 2020, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 29, 6:43 PM EDT, 22 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:43 PM EDT, 22 hours 13 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 29, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	46 min
Jul 30, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	37 min
Jul 30, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	23 min
Jul 30, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	31 min
Jul 30, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Cumberland	37 min
Jul 30, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Sagadahoc	26 min
Jul 30, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Kennebec	38 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	56 min
Jul 30, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		58 min
Jul 30, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin	56 min
Jul 30, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	35 min
Jul 30, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford	31 min
Jul 30, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Somerset	38 min
Jul 30, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	27 min
Jul 30, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland	15 min
Jul 30, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		64 min
Jul 30, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Waldo	25 min
Jul 30, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Oxford	52 min
Jul 30, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Lincoln	42 min
Jul 29, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	51 min
Jul 29, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	33 min
Jul 30, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Coos	35 min
Jul 30, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	40 min
Jul 30, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	46 min
Jul 30, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	52 min
Jul 30, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	47 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.