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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Gray, ME

July 27, 2021Cheshire County, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT for Cheshire County, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
Jul 27, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Charlestown, NHTREE DOWN NEAR RT 12 NEAR PONDEROSA PARK.
Jul 27, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Charlestown, NHTREE DOWN ON ALMAR ST OFF OF ROUTE 12.
Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wnw Marlow, NHTREE DOWN ON OLD SETTLERS RD.
Jul 27, 5:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAlstead, NHALSTEAD FIRE REPORTED MULTIPLE TREE AND WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-27Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

417 
WUUS51 KGYX 272030
SVRGYX
NHC005-019-272115-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0079.210727T2030Z-210727T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
430 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Sullivan County in central New Hampshire...
  Northern Cheshire County in southern New Hampshire...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 429 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
  of Charlestown, or 11 miles west of Claremont, moving southeast at
  45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Claremont, Charlestown, Antrim, Bradford, Harrisville, Nelson,
  Newport, Gilsum, Marlow, Walpole, Sullivan, Alstead, Surry,
  Windsor, Lempster, Acworth, Goshen, Langdon, Washington and Unity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4323 7243 4325 7244 4331 7240 4334 7241
      4336 7239 4338 7242 4342 7240 4335 7207
      4332 7209 4327 7207 4325 7204 4322 7204
      4319 7201 4318 7204 4316 7202 4295 7207
      4307 7245 4311 7243 4314 7246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 294DEG 38KT 4335 7258 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Clair
1 follow-up statement
927 
WWUS51 KGYX 272059
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
459 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

NHC005-019-272115-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210727T2115Z/
Sullivan NH-Cheshire NH-
459 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTIES...

At 459 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charlestown, or
10 miles south of Claremont, moving southeast at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Claremont, Charlestown, Antrim, Bradford, Harrisville, Nelson,
Newport, Gilsum, Marlow, Walpole, Sullivan, Alstead, Surry, Windsor,
Lempster, Acworth, Goshen, Langdon, Washington and Unity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4323 7243 4325 7244 4331 7240 4334 7241
      4336 7239 4338 7242 4342 7240 4335 7207
      4332 7209 4327 7207 4325 7204 4322 7204
      4319 7201 4318 7204 4316 7202 4295 7207
      4307 7245 4311 7243 4314 7246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 295DEG 29KT 4322 7231 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Clair

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire32 min
Jul 27, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXStrafford37 min
Jul 27, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham30 min
Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXStrafford29 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham30 min
Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham, Strafford39 min
Jul 27, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXRockingham, Strafford111 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.