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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2020, 9:16 AM EDT for Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2020, 9:16 AM EDT (13:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Cheshire County, NH
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 4, 6:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 MEZ018>020-033-NHZ010-012-013-051000- Interior York-Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin- Interior Cumberland Highlands-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough- Interior Rockingham- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, southwest Maine, western Maine, central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-051000- Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Coastal Rockingham- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, southwest Maine and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today. MEZ014-021-022-051000- Southern Somerset-Kennebec-Interior Waldo- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today. MEZ007-008-012-013-NHZ001>009-011-015-051000- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin- Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll- Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap- Cheshire-Western And Central Hillsborough- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today. MEZ009-051000- Central Somerset- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Watch. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today. ANZ150>154-051000- 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- 503 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed later today.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 9:16 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
916 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
NHZ007-011-041345-
Cheshire-Sullivan-
916 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SULLIVAN AND
NORTHWESTERN CHESHIRE COUNTIES...
At 915 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Brattleboro,
moving north at 50 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Charlestown, Winchester, Walpole, Westmoreland, Chesterfield,
Hinsdale, Alstead, Surry and Langdon.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4292 7252 4295 7253 4297 7248 4300 7246
4300 7244 4305 7247 4308 7244 4310 7244
4312 7243 4315 7246 4323 7243 4325 7244
4312 7232 4279 7249 4281 7254 4287 7256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 199DEG 42KT 4290 7253
MECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:19 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 23 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Sullivan | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Hillsborough | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Sullivan | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Sullivan | 22 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.