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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 37 min. 11 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Kennebec County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Oakland, ME | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 3 Sw Waterville, ME | 52MPH WIND GUST WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT WATERVILLE AIRPORT. |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Waterville, ME | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Fairfield, ME | TREE BLOCKING LANE IN FAIRFIELD CENTER ON ROUTE 23 AT TIBBETS PLACE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Fairfield, ME | TREE DOWN ON SHED IN FAIRFIELD CENTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Winslow, ME | TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Benton, ME | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burnham, ME | WALDO COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ONE IN THE TOWN OF BURNHAM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Clinton, ME | |
| Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Unity, ME | WALDO COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ONE IN THE TOWN OF UNITY THAT CAUSED A FIRE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, ME | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080
WWUS81 KGYX 191908
SPSGYX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
308 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
MEZ013-014-021-022-026-027-191945-
Interior Waldo-Southern Franklin-Southern
Somerset-Kennebec-Lincoln-Knox-
308 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KENNEBEC...
NORTHWESTERN KNOX...NORTHWESTERN WALDO...SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
At 308 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Norridgewock to near Belgrade.
Movement was east at 50 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Augusta, Waterville, Fairfield, Oakland, Skowhegan, Pittsfield,
China, Clinton, Belgrade, Manchester, Liberty, Palermo, Norridgewock,
Unity, Benton, Canaan, Albion, Burnham, Detroit and Freedom.
This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 114 and 148.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4426 6939 4442 7002 4474 6987 4477 6928
4472 6926
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 277DEG 45KT 4469 6982 4448 6994
$$
TubbsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Oxford | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, Waldo | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Sagadahoc | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 62 min | |
| Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 65 min | |
| Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Knox, Waldo | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Coos | 33 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.