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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 5:22 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maine. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
685 WUUS51 KGYX 262122 SVRGYX MEC001-005-011-015-023-262200- /O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0003.210326T2122Z-210326T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Gray ME 522 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021 The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Kennebec County in south central Maine... Southeastern Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine... Northwestern Lincoln County in south central Maine... East central Cumberland County in southwestern Maine... Sagadahoc County in south central Maine... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 522 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lewiston, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Lewiston, Brunswick, Bath, Gardiner, Damariscotta, Topsham, Wiscasset, Freeport, Litchfield, Bristol, Bremen, Woolwich, Lisbon, Greene, Durham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Chelsea, Jefferson and Dresden. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 between mile markers 24 and 51. Interstate 95 between mile markers 76 and 101. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4386 7023 4412 7027 4426 6957 4396 6946 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 263DEG 46KT 4404 7012 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Clair
1 follow-up statement
629
WWUS51 KGYX 262143
SVSGYX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
543 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
MEC001-262152-
/O.CAN.KGYX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T2200Z/
Androscoggin ME-
543 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDROSCOGGIN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4389 6999 4419 6995 4426 6957 4396 6946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 263DEG 46KT 4407 6975
$$
MEC005-011-015-023-262200-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T2200Z/
Kennebec ME-Lincoln ME-Cumberland ME-Sagadahoc ME-
543 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENNEBEC...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN SAGADAHOC COUNTIES...
At 542 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wiscasset,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Brunswick, Bath, Gardiner, Damariscotta, Topsham, Wiscasset,
Litchfield, Bristol, Bremen, Woolwich, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Chelsea,
Jefferson, Dresden, Edgecomb, Alna, Whitefield, Newcastle and
Pittston.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 295 between mile markers 31 and 51.
Interstate 95 between mile markers 94 and 102.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4389 6999 4419 6995 4426 6957 4396 6946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 263DEG 46KT 4407 6975
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ClairThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:46 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:30 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 27 hr | |
| Mar 26, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin, Sagadahoc | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 66 min | |
| Mar 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Knox, Lincoln | 45 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.