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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2022, 3:26 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2022, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
1214 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
MEZ008-009-041645-
Northern Franklin ME-Central Somerset ME-
1214 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Somerset and central Franklin Counties through 1245 PM EDT...
At 1213 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Eustis, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Eustis, Wyman, Bigelow, Coplin Plantation, Dead River and Flagstaff.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4517 7053 4525 7043 4520 7024 4508 7041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 309DEG 5KT 4520 7044
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JCSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
242 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
MEZ008-041915-
Northern Franklin ME-
242 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Franklin
County through 315 PM EDT...
At 241 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rangeley, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Eustis, Rangeley, Kingfield, Carrabassett Valley, Weld, Dallas
Plantation, Coplin Plantation, Lang, Mount Abram, Sandy River
Plantation, Redington, Madrid, Salem, Wyman, Rangeley Plantation and
Davis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4484 7056 4500 7072 4518 7047 4495 7022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 241DEG 8KT 4498 7059
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
GCSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 2:57 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
257 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
MEZ012-033-NHZ004-041930-
Southern Oxford ME-Interior Cumberland Highlands ME-
Northern Carroll NH-
257 PM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Oxford
and western Cumberland Counties through 330 PM EDT...
At 256 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fryeburg, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Conway, Bridgton, Fryeburg, Hiram, Brownfield and Denmark.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4399 7102 4407 7097 4404 7066 4387 7085
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 295DEG 10KT 4400 7096
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
GCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 25 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 33 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.