Alert archive / Maine / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT for Knox County, Waldo County, Maine. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Knox County, ME, Waldo County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
357
WFUS51 KGYX 192102
TORGYX
MEC013-027-192130-
/O.NEW.KGYX.TO.W.0002.210619T2102Z-210619T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
502 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Knox County in south central Maine...
South central Waldo County in south central Maine...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 502 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Camden, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Camden and Lincolnville around 510 PM EDT.
Islesboro around 520 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Hope
and Searsmont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4426 6921 4431 6917 4428 6892 4418 6896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 286DEG 30KT 4427 6912
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Ekster2 follow-up statements
081
WWUS51 KGYX 192116
SVSGYX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
516 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
MEC013-027-192130-
/O.CON.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T2130Z/
Knox ME-Waldo ME-
516 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTH CENTRAL WALDO COUNTIES...
At 514 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lincolnville, moving east at 35 mph. The tornadic
portion of the storm has just moved off land and is now moving over
the water toward Isleboro.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4422 6895 4421 6895 4424 6908 4430 6905
4428 6892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 286DEG 30KT 4424 6898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$284
WWUS51 KGYX 192125
SVSGYX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
525 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
MEC013-027-192134-
/O.EXP.KGYX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T2130Z/
Knox ME-Waldo ME-
525 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTH CENTRAL WALDO
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the tornado warning has moved out of the
area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4422 6895 4421 6895 4424 6908 4430 6905
4428 6892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 286DEG 30KT 4422 6887
$$The 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, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Kennebec | 37 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 |
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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.