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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gray, ME

August 1, 2021Merrimack County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:03 PM EDT for Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 27 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, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

County Merrimack County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

281 
WWUS81 KGYX 020003
SPSGYX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
803 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NHZ007-008-020030-
Merrimack-Sullivan-
803 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SULLIVAN AND
NORTHWESTERN MERRIMACK COUNTIES...

At 802 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near New London,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

Locations impacted include...
New London, Danbury, Warner, Andover, Goshen, Newbury, Wilmot,
Sulton, Webster, Sunapee and Salisbury.

This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 22 and 33.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 4328 7207 4335 7212 4349 7186 4333 7174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 243DEG 20KT 4334 7203 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGYXBelknap, Cheshire, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan6 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.