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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 5:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Hampshire. It was in force for 62 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
- May 16, 2022, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 May 16, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 NHZ001>013-015-171945- Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll- Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap- Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- Western And Central Hillsborough- 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will continue this afternoon and evening across most of New Hampshire. Large hail and damaging winds are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>021-033-171945- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford- Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York- Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec- Interior Cumberland Highlands- 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, west central Maine and western Maine. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will continue this afternoon and evening across most of western Maine. Small hail and gusty winds are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ023-024-NHZ014-171945- Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Coastal Rockingham- 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Maine 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. Coastal Flood Advisory. Scattered strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will continue this afternoon and evening. Small hail and gusty winds are possible. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ022-025>028-171945- Interior Waldo-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will continue this afternoon and evening. Small hail and gusty winds are possible. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ150>154-171945- 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- 340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong storms could move into the waters this evening and produce wind gusts in excess of 34 knots. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
NHZ003-005-007-008-162030-
Merrimack NH-Northern Grafton NH-Southern Grafton NH-Sullivan NH-
340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
northern Sullivan, southwestern Grafton and northwestern Merrimack
Counties through 430 PM EDT...
At 340 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near New London, moving north at 45 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...
Claremont, Lebanon, Franklin, New London, Grafton, Hanover,
Haverhill, Enfield, Canaan, Canterbury, Danbury, Groton, Newport,
Piermont, Warner, Boscawen, Bristol, Grantham, Andover and Lyme.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 89 between mile markers 22 and 60.
Interstate 93 between mile markers 48 and 50.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4360 7234 4370 7230 4377 7220 4381 7218
4386 7219 4392 7212 4397 7209 4397 7211
4399 7212 4406 7207 4408 7204 4410 7195
4360 7172 4359 7173 4357 7172 4356 7173
4350 7167 4333 7159 4326 7233 4358 7236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 162DEG 38KT 4344 7190
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HATLocal storm report, May 16, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 53 hr | |
| May 16, 5:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, York | 9 hr |
| May 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Rockingham | 29 min |
| May 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 50 min |
| May 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 45 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.