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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT for Kennebec County, Maine. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
County Kennebec County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 16, 8:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 608 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>004-171015- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford- Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Northern Coos-Southern Coos- Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll- 608 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, west central Maine, western Maine and northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected Saturday night and early Sunday with the potential to produce locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150>154-171015- Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM- Penobscot Bay- Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM- Casco Bay- Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM- 608 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MEZ018-023-NHZ010-012>014-171015- Interior York-Coastal York-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough- Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham- 608 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Maine, central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the region this afternoon with the primary threat being damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected Saturday night and early Sunday with the potential to produce locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MEZ019>022-024>028-033-NHZ005>009-011-015-171015- Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo- Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Interior Cumberland Highlands-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll- Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Cheshire-Western And Central Hillsborough- 608 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the region this afternoon with the primary threat being damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected Saturday night and early Sunday with the potential to produce locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
1149 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
MEZ009-014-021-161615-
Southern Somerset-Kennebec-Central Somerset-
1149 AM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN KENNEBEC
AND SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTIES...
At 1149 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Kingsbury Plantation to near
Skowhegan to 8 miles southwest of Madison. Movement was east at 35
mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Waterville, Fairfield, Oakland, Skowhegan, Pittsfield, Madison,
Clinton, Belgrade, Bingham, Norridgewock, Benton, Anson, Canaan,
Hartland, Cornville, Burnham, Athens, Harmony, Detroit and Brighton
Plantation.
This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 126 and 156.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4475 6934 4475 6940 4470 6942 4469 6948
4468 6947 4467 6944 4464 6945 4449 6961
4459 6994 4468 6996 4468 7000 4474 7001
4485 6981 4518 6973 4518 6967 4501 6962
4502 6952 4506 6950 4507 6936 4480 6928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 271DEG 30KT 4511 6966 4485 6971 4471 6999
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:42 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:19 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GYX | York | 15 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Waldo | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Waldo | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 60 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Knox | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.