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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Gray, ME

May 26, 20214 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Hampshire. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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
May 26, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 26, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSpofford, NHDELAYED REPORT. MAPLE TREE SNAPPED 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
May 26, 5:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Goshen, NHTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON BALL PARK RD.
May 26, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Swanzey, NHTREES, LARGE BRANCHES AND OTHER DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS HWY 32 NEAR SOUTH RD.
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Stoddard, NHSEVERAL TREES DOWN.
May 26, 6:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarner, NHSEVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

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
May 26, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

804 
WUUS51 KGYX 262114
SVRGYX
NHC005-011-013-019-262200-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0008.210526T2114Z-210526T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
514 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Sullivan County in central New Hampshire...
  Cheshire County in southern New Hampshire...
  Northwestern Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire...
  Southwestern Merrimack County in central New Hampshire...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 514 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 11 miles west of Charlestown to 12 miles west of
  Chesterfield to 20 miles southwest of Hinsdale, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Keene, Jaffrey, Henniker, Peterborough, Rindge, Charlestown,
  Winchester, Antrim, Greenfield, Bradford, Dublin, Bennington,
  Richmond, Harrisville, Nelson, Walpole, Alstead, Westmoreland,
  Swanzey and Marlow.

This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 17 and 25.
 
This also includes...
  Mount Monadnock and Mount Sunapee.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4292 7252 4295 7253 4297 7248 4300 7244
      4305 7247 4308 7244 4312 7243 4315 7246
      4323 7243 4325 7244 4328 7241 4336 7174
      4292 7193 4271 7207 4273 7246 4277 7249
      4277 7252 4278 7251 4281 7254 4287 7256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 268DEG 38KT 4318 7264 4293 7269 4267 7287 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Ekster
1 follow-up statement
259 
WWUS51 KGYX 262200
SVSGYX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
600 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

NHC005-011-013-019-262210-
/O.EXP.KGYX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210526T2200Z/
Sullivan NH-Cheshire NH-Hillsborough NH-Merrimack NH-
600 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SULLIVAN...
CHESHIRE...NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHWESTERN MERRIMACK
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
southern and central New Hampshire.

LAT...LON 4292 7252 4295 7253 4297 7248 4300 7244
      4305 7247 4308 7244 4312 7243 4315 7246
      4323 7243 4325 7244 4328 7241 4336 7174
      4292 7193 4271 7207 4273 7246 4277 7249
      4277 7252 4278 7251 4281 7254 4287 7256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 268DEG 38KT 4319 7206 4294 7212 4268 7230 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXGrafton29 min
May 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCoos, Grafton54 min
May 26, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXGrafton, Merrimack, Sullivan53 min
May 26, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford53 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford and 1 more62 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll, Strafford60 min
May 26, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford61 min

Nearby

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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.