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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Maine. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Cumberland County, ME
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NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 26, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 12:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 324 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021 MEZ007-012-NHZ002>006-262000- Southern Oxford-Northern Oxford-Northern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Southern Coos-Southern Grafton-Northern Carroll- 324 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL OXFORD... SOUTHERN COOS...NORTHEASTERN GRAFTON AND NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES... At 323 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Lancaster to 9 miles southwest of Woodstock. Movement was east at 55 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Conway, Berlin, Lancaster, Fryeburg, Bethel, Bethlehem, Lincoln, Franconia, Andover, Grafton, Woodstock, Tamworth, Pinkham Notch, Mount Washington, Sandwich, Carroll, Gorham, Bartlett, Madison and Freedom. This includes Interstate 93 between mile markers 85 and 113. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. LAT...LON 4470 7068 4384 7106 4382 7194 4454 7147 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 247DEG 48KT 4441 7148 4390 7185 Kimble
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 38 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 |
| Mar 26, 3:31 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GYX | Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan | 20 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Merrimack | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll, Grafton | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Belknap, Carroll | 28 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.