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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2022, 4:42 PM EDT for 6 counties in Maine. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 21, 2022, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2022, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 21, 4:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 NHZ008-010-012-013-220930- Merrimack-Strafford-Eastern Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham- 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, and will be capable of producing strong to damaging wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat indices in the upper 90s to low 100s are possible this weekend, especially Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ018-NHZ006-009-015-220930- Interior York-Southern Carroll-Belknap- Western And Central Hillsborough- 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire and northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, and will be capable of producing strong to damaging wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat indices in the upper 90s are possible this weekend, especially Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ012>014-019>024-033-NHZ003>005-007-011-014-220930- Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset- Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo- Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Interior Cumberland Highlands- Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Sullivan-Cheshire- Coastal Rockingham- 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, western Maine, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening, and will be capable of producing strong to damaging wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Heat indices in the mid to upper 90s are possible this weekend, especially Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ007>009-025>028-NHZ001-002-220930- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Sagadahoc-Lincoln- Knox-Coastal Waldo-Northern Coos-Southern Coos- 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Maine, west central Maine, western Maine and northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening, and will be capable of producing strong to damaging wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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>154-220930- 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- 530 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Gusty thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT, 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GYX | 114 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Franklin, Somerset | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Sullivan | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Grafton | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Coos | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GYX | Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cheshire | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Carroll | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Merrimack | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Hillsborough | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Rockingham | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Sullivan | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Merrimack | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cheshire | 92 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.