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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

June 19, 2021Kennebec County, Maine

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.

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
Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Oakland, METREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 19, 3:24 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 523 Sw Waterville, ME52MPH WIND GUST WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT WATERVILLE AIRPORT.
Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Waterville, MENUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Fairfield, METREE BLOCKING LANE IN FAIRFIELD CENTER ON ROUTE 23 AT TIBBETS PLACE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Fairfield, METREE DOWN ON SHED IN FAIRFIELD CENTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 19, 3:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Winslow, METREES DOWN.
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Benton, METREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBurnham, MEWALDO 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 EDTHAIL 0.5Clinton, ME
Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUnity, MEWALDO 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 EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, METREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
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

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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 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXOxford27 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec36 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland30 min
Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Somerset, Waldo47 min
Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland, Sagadahoc24 min
Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin28 min
Jun 19, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo49 min
Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX62 min
Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec25 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec28 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec30 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXWaldo28 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo50 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXKnox, Waldo33 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX65 min
Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningGYXKnox, Waldo28 min
Jun 19, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos35 min
Jun 19, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos33 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.