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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gray, ME

June 19, 2021Knox County, Waldo County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 3:56 PM EDT for Knox County, Waldo County, Maine. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2021, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Knox County, ME, Waldo County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Monroe, METREES DOWN.
Jun 19, 4:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMorrill, MEWALDO COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ONE IN THE TOWN OF MORRILL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStockton Springs, MEWALDO COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ONE THAT FELL AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE TOWN OF STOCKTON SPRINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WUUS51 KGYX 191956
SVRGYX
MEC013-027-192045-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0021.210619T1956Z-210619T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
356 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Knox County in south central Maine...
  Waldo County in south central Maine...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 355 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles northeast of Thorndike to 6 miles northeast
  of Liberty to near Palermo, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. Some power outages expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Belfast, Camden, Lincolnville, Searsport, Thorndike, China,
  Liberty, Winterport, Palermo, Stockton Springs, Islesboro,
  Rockport, Prospect, Unity, Knox, Albion, Hope, Appleton, Frankfort
  and Brooks.

This also includes...
  Moose Point State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

If on or near lakes or rivers, get away from the water and move 
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 
15 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 4441 6884 4435 6881 4427 6886 4417 6904
      4431 6945 4433 6941 4434 6946 4434 6951
      4446 6945 4446 6940 4453 6938 4472 6920
      4464 6918 4470 6885 4468 6881 4462 6884
      4457 6877 4455 6877 4456 6880 4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 297DEG 31KT 4464 6914 4447 6923 4434 6946 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Ekster
2 follow-up statements
693 
WWUS51 KGYX 192019
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
419 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

MEC013-192028-
/O.CAN.KGYX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210619T2045Z/
Knox ME-
419 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4441 6884 4435 6881 4426 6887 4423 6894
      4434 6923 4436 6927 4436 6930 4468 6897
      4464 6883 4462 6884 4457 6880 4456 6880
      4457 6877 4455 6877 4456 6878 4450 6878
      4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 290DEG 24KT 4461 6891 4446 6904 4431 6923 

$$

MEC027-192045-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210619T2045Z/
Waldo ME-
419 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN WALDO COUNTY...

At 418 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Winterport to near Belfast to 6 miles southeast
of Liberty, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Belfast, Lincolnville, Searsport, Liberty, Winterport, Stockton
Springs, Islesboro, Prospect, Knox, Frankfort, Brooks, Morrill,
Northport, Belmont, Monroe, Searsmont, Waldo, Swanville and
Montville.

This also includes...
  Moose Point State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.


&&

LAT...LON 4441 6884 4435 6881 4426 6887 4423 6894
      4434 6923 4436 6927 4436 6930 4468 6897
      4464 6883 4462 6884 4457 6880 4456 6880
      4457 6877 4455 6877 4456 6878 4450 6878
      4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 290DEG 24KT 4461 6891 4446 6904 4431 6923 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
351 
WWUS51 KGYX 192035
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
435 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

MEC027-192045-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210619T2045Z/
Waldo ME-
435 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALDO COUNTY...

At 434 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Prospect to Searsport to near Liberty, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Belfast, Lincolnville, Searsport, Liberty, Stockton Springs,
Prospect, Islesboro, Belmont, Searsmont, Northport, Morrill,
Montville and Waldo.

This also includes...
  Moose Point State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4441 6884 4439 6883 4429 6911 4434 6923
      4436 6927 4436 6930 4442 6924 4447 6896
      4458 6881 4456 6880 4457 6877 4455 6877
      4456 6878 4453 6880 4450 6878 4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 292DEG 30KT 4456 6878 4446 6891 4436 6937 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford27 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec36 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland30 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec37 min
Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, Waldo47 min
Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland, Sagadahoc24 min
Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin28 min
Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX62 min
Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec25 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec28 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec30 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo28 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo50 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXKnox, Waldo33 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX65 min
Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXKnox, Waldo28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.