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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gray, ME

July 16, 2021Waldo County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT for Waldo County, Maine. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 16, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Waldo County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

952 
WUUS51 KGYX 161803
SVRGYX
MEC027-161845-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0045.210716T1803Z-210716T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
203 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

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

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 203 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Liberty, or 7
  miles south of Thorndike, moving east 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Waldo County.

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 4449 6878 4445 6878 4441 6884 4436 6881
      4435 6882 4425 6887 4423 6879 4419 6880
      4443 6939 4465 6928 4456 6880 4454 6880
      4456 6876 4454 6877 4455 6878 4451 6878
      4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 290DEG 30KT 4448 6924 

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

DS
2 follow-up statements
747 
WWUS51 KGYX 161818
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
218 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

MEC027-161845-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210716T1845Z/
Waldo ME-
218 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WALDO COUNTY...

At 217 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Belfast, moving
east at 40 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.

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

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 4449 6878 4445 6878 4441 6884 4436 6881
      4425 6887 4424 6886 4423 6879 4419 6880
      4441 6934 4462 6914 4456 6880 4454 6880
      4456 6877 4455 6877 4451 6878 4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 279DEG 34KT 4448 6904 

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

DS
160 
WWUS51 KGYX 161834
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
234 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

MEC027-161845-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210716T1845Z/
Waldo ME-
234 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALDO COUNTY...

At 233 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton
Springs, or 7 miles northeast of Searsport, moving east at 45 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.

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

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 4449 6878 4445 6878 4445 6880 4444 6880
      4441 6884 4435 6881 4425 6887 4423 6882
      4423 6879 4419 6880 4433 6914 4460 6904
      4456 6879 4456 6877 4455 6877 4456 6880
      4451 6878 4451 6876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 259DEG 38KT 4452 6879 

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

DS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 9:42 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGYXCumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo8 hr
Jul 16, 3:19 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGYXYork15 hr
Jul 16, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec26 min
Jul 16, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo30 min
Jul 16, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo39 min
Jul 16, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX60 min
Jul 16, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox49 min
Jul 16, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXYork24 min
Jul 16, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX23 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.