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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 1, 2021Sullivan County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 7:36 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 1, 2021, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2021-08-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Aug 1, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gray ME
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NHZ002-003-005-007-021915-
Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Southern Grafton-Sullivan-
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New Hampshire and
northern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ007>009-NHZ001-021915-
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Northern Coos-
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine, western
Maine and northern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MEZ012>014-018>028-033-NHZ004-006-009-010-012>014-021915-
Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York-
Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-
Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Interior Cumberland Highlands-Northern Carroll-Southern Carroll-
Belknap-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-
Coastal Rockingham-
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine,
southwest Maine, western Maine, central New Hampshire, northern New
Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop late
tonight. Locally heavy downpours are possible with rainfall amounts
over an inch possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NHZ008-011-015-021915-
Merrimack-Cheshire-Western And Central Hillsborough-
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for New Hampshire, central New
Hampshire and southern New Hampshire.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ150>154-021915-
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-
303 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
736 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NHZ007-008-020000-
Merrimack-Sullivan-
736 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SULLIVAN AND WEST
CENTRAL MERRIMACK COUNTIES...

At 735 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Newport, or 8
miles southeast of Claremont, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
New London, Newport, Warner, Lempster, Acworth, Goshen, Croydon,
Newbury, Sulton, Sunapee, Unity, Wilmot, Springfield and Salisbury.

This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 23 and 37.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4321 7224 4331 7231 4349 7199 4333 7182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 237DEG 28KT 4330 7220

Tubbs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchGYXCheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan24 hr

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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.