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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gray, ME

June 4, 2022Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2022-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2022-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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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In the hours before

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

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Special 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

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Special 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin31 min
Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset25 min
Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin33 min
Jun 4, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford55 min
Jun 4, 3:54 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York25 hr
Jun 4, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin38 min
Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Somerset2 hr
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford30 min
Jun 4, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford40 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford34 min
Jun 4, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll33 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.